put-down
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"To this day when people don't like me they introduce me as a former Bunny, as a put-down," she told the New York Times in 2016.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Trump, who has feuded with O'Donnell for decades, saw an opportunity for a put-down when the veteran comic's name came up during Wednesday's meeting.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
Industrial policy was for Europeans; a common put-down was that it was “dirigiste,” a French term for “directed.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
Seeking to break the ice at their first summit in Singapore, Trump told Kim the nickname wasn’t as much of a put-down as it sounded.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
I floundered for a killer put-down line without any stammer words in it.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
That’s where he will put down roots, at least temporarily, by constructing a treehouse, which he expects to cost between $10,000 and $20,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
They put down 10% for a $340,000 home with $2,600 in monthly costs, including a 30-year mortgage with a 6.1% interest rate, taxes, insurance and maintenance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
How, then, to explain the survival of Neal and Lynch, two longtime members of Congress who put down progressive challenges from first-time candidates last night?
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Life returned to normal in Niger's capital Niamey on Sunday, after the military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Owen put down the rest of the cracker shells and backed up with him.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Count Glenn Whipp in Camp Mulligan: “Her dry put-downs mask a fury that she eventually unleashes with seismic force. Mulligan has been consistently great, but I don’t remember her being this ferocious — or funny.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Trump's spokeswoman -- who is best known for her acid put-downs of journalists -- posted a picture of herself in a nursery, cradling her baby daughter to her chest.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
The first Stanford was made of real students, who defy tidy put-downs of “kids these days.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
At the colleges, I’ve developed some stock put-downs for them: “You must be a law student, aren’t you?”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
