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Although the stock market as a whole generally tends to shrug off shutdowns, airline stocks can be a different story.

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But businesses in Tokyo largely shrugged off any anxiety.

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For most of the past decade and a half, stocks have boomed, shrugging off every decline.

He was quiet for a moment, then shrugged off his mood with ease, the way one might shrug off a coat upon coming indoors.

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Nvidia has also shrugged off previous disappointments to roar higher so the immediate reaction might not be conclusive.

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