scoff
Example Sentences
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Some ticket hopefuls scoff at the price tags, which are far higher than the widely promoted $28 tickets that half a million people snagged in the first locals presale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Laying out a blueprint is one thing, transforming an economy another, but Western observers would be unwise to scoff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Of course, statisticians would scoff at using one past episode to try to make a prediction about oil prices 36 years later.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Poehler might be far from an unknown, but that kind of attention is nothing to scoff at, especially when the podcast market is as crowded as it is.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
Look at this, he’d scoff, just like your mother’s.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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