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On the other side of that line stands Kiffin, boldly sticking by his plan while the rest of the college football world heaps scorn on him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But this claim that has attracted scorn from figures in the art world.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Much of his scorn, for example, is directed at the millennial Lean In crowd that wanted women to be more like successful men—ambitious and loud.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

Or maybe Becerra was, indeed, a feckless, flailing and thoroughly awful Cabinet member, deserving of scorn and shame.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

Mary moved her things to Hob to avoid the scorn of her cabin mates.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

More than once Mr. Vance scorns elite “strivers” and purports to feel shame that he once tried hard to gain admittance to their circles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Martinique official Serge Letchimy hailed a vote that he said had come "to shatter a system that tramples on the truth, absolves the guilty, and scorns the victims".

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

And she consistently scorns consideration of congressional intent.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2023

This is especially true of its emotional beats: when Harry has trouble communicating with his son; when Albus scorns the weight of his father’s fame; when Scorpius struggles amid rumors about his parentage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

I tells them how it happened in a dream, but they scorns me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Bass, who was scorned for being out of town during the January 2025 Palisades fire despite high wind warnings, did slightly better with 18%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

These same dons disdained Britain’s provincial universities—known pejoratively as Redbrick—as well as academics in the U.S., whom they scorned for going about their business with “woefully unnecessary seriousness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The humble tomato, beloved by many yet scorned by some, slowly awakens from hibernation, reminding us that warm weather, spent indulging in fresh salads and produce-filled sandwiches, is almost here.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026

Hell hath no fury like a Lily Allen scorned.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

Although Ridgeway’s father scorned religious talk, Tom Bird’s testimony on the Great Spirit reminded him of how he felt about iron.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

When Ferrari revealed the Purosangue three years ago, many in the red brigade derided the design and, more generally, the very idea of a Ferrari sport-utility vehicle, scorning it as a sort of heresy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

By scorning this routine digital probing, they attenuate their safety and intensify their exhilaration in roughly equal measure.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

He spent a lifetime scorning bigotry as not only immoral but irrational and un-American.

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2022

Teddy Roosevelt, who became president after McKinley’s assassination, arrived in 1903 “unshaven and travel dusty” and scorning dress duds for a banquet in his honor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

Now they had all seen—everyone in the shop—and no doubt were scorning him for a poor sort of creature, cringing and puny, unable to defend himself.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw