brushes off
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Deal will help companies access their data for AI agents, says IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, as he brushes off AI’s risk to IBM’s business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
As to Reform's call for Reed to resign, a government source brushes off the suggestion: "We're not Manchester United", they say.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Although this second season has its share of "Rogue One" cameos, including the return of Forest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera, it mostly brushes off the franchise’s tendency to sentimentalize.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025
The man who chairs this committee, never having reviewed the affidavit, dismisses it as false, and brushes off the witness, a woman, as not credible.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025
She brushes off the dirt and rearranges her scarf.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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