ridiculed

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The long-awaited Ferrari Luce, from a team including former Apple designer Jony Ive, was ridiculed for looking like the mass-market Nissan Leaf.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When she did, she was maliciously disbelieved and ridiculed by the likes of Drake and 50 Cent.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

He has lived through the shift in attitude towards Bigfoot hunting as he recalled being ridiculed for his fascination with Bigfoot, which began when he was about nine.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Afroman, best known for his 2000 hit Because I Got High, responded by using home security footage in viral videos that ridiculed the deputies.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He ridiculed their devotion to the machine as “a mania for gadgets or a post-infantile fascination for scientific meccano games.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik