contempt
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Fischer subsequently held the city in contempt after the plaintiffs’ attorney introduced evidence that city workers continued to post signs in some locations prohibiting bulky items.
From Los Angeles Times
The book chronicles her "vague feelings" before the trial: "The closer it got, the more I imagined myself becoming a hostage to their stares, their lies, their cowardice, and their contempt," she wrote.
From Barron's
He looks with darting curiosity and unmistakable contempt at the world around him, but that world is reflected on his face: Its neon signage and passing car lights dance on his eyeballs.
One prosecutor, Julie Le, told a judge that the system was so broken she sometimes wished to be held in contempt just to get a full night’s sleep.
From Salon
Schiltz had ordered ICE chief Todd Lyons to appear in court Friday and threatened to hold him in contempt unless the Ecuadorean was freed.
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