look down on
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Why do wealthy retirees look down on those with less savings?
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
When addressing someone they look down on or are disrespecting, the Yautja use wul, while someone they respect would be addressed as dau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Do you look down on huge planes and boats and Beyoncé birthday parties?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
The UK's never going to attract world-class talent if all we do is look down on the contest and approach it with a defeatist attitude.
From BBC ● May 17, 2025
When the lights were on and the curtains drawn, and the Gregorian music played on the great phonograph, Mack used to look down on the laboratory from the Palace Flophouse.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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