scoff at
Example Sentences
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Some ticket hopefuls scoff at the price tags, which are far higher than the widely promoted $28 tickets that half a million people snagged in the first locals presale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Of course, statisticians would scoff at using one past episode to try to make a prediction about oil prices 36 years later.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Poehler might be far from an unknown, but that kind of attention is nothing to scoff at, especially when the podcast market is as crowded as it is.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
To grab it, they rarely drink, scoff at work-life balance and are locked in a 24-7 competition to be, or appear to be, the most obsessed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2025
When he tries to explain our delicate relationship with the Indians, how we trade and work to keep a fragile peace, they scoff at him.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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