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look down on



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Do you look down on huge planes and boats and Beyoncé birthday parties?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

The main tone of the videos is whiny, as the hosts complain endlessly that career federal employees look down on them.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

From the front, 108 windows that might remind you of Austin Powers look down on you.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

These are clowns, these are people who are ridiculous because they want so desperately to be welcomed by the very people who look down on them.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2024

“Try not to look down on those other children,” Mom said.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls