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scoff

[skawf, skof] / skɔf, skɒf /


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Scoff if you must at lounge singers who perform, at times, in venues as modest as a Thai restaurant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Scoff if you must, but I think I’ve just come up with the plot to the next M. Night Shyamalan movie.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2021

Scoff as many of us might, she couples the experiences of Nobel laureates like Daniel Kahneman and Carl Wieman with contemporary neuroscientific studies to explain the benefits of physical movement for cognitive focus and memory.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021

“Everybody’s starting to appreciate what a good team we have,” said captain Scoff Arfield.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2019

Scoff as you will," Bursfield returned, "but so far as you are concerned I have done my duty.

From The Childerbridge Mystery by Boothby, Guy Newell




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