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The tip of her tail twitched with scorn.

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That might draw scorn from state regulators, whose moral flexibility on gambling tends to extend only as far as their taxing authority.

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However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”

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If elected, he would be the city's first Muslim mayor and far-right Republicans have scorned a video he issued in Arabic to supporters in the famously diverse city.

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In any case, simply pulling up the drawbridge, hoisting the “independence” flag, and pouring boiling scorn on the barbarians at the gate isn’t a viable response.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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