deride
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But making them sound like centuries old technology is a way to deride their worth.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
But to deride it as such is to ignore all the episode delivered in exchange for putting off a climactic confrontation of samurais.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024
Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day, the fixed annual celebration of love and friendship, marked by cute couples, eager elementary school students — and critics who deride its commercialization.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
Film critics deride the dense dramas and documentaries with overly stiff adherence to the historical record—storytelling that’s more didactic than artful, more concerned with detail than drama.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2023
And with respect to the bodily organs, true philosophy must deride any attempts, to shew that we are not framed exactly in the same manner.
From A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) by Sheridan, Thomas
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