shrug
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He was fairly expressionless throughout, aside from the occasional shrug of the shoulders or glance at his team.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Asked how exactly the group came together, Godrich and Harrison look at each other across a picnic table and shrug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Chip and memory stocks are trading higher as investors shrug off concerns about an AI slowdown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The fact that it’s an incredibly rare condition that occurs in around one in 1,000 births would have made it easy to shrug it off as an anomaly.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Glory gave a little shrug and jittered behind her hand.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
He shrugs off the reporter’s inquiries; his attitude says “stuff happens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Homer is 2,800 years old, while the Turkish-Greek border is only a century old," he shrugs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
She shrugs off Maddie getting faint at dance class because she threw up her lunch.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
"The truth is, maybe I just fear the unknown," she shrugs.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Soojin and I look at each other, and she shrugs.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
But Mr. Market shrugged; Taiwanese stocks failed to generate a sustained rally as investors viewed the meeting as symbolic, with few economic consequences.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Some found it charming, some unbearable, but in the end everyone shrugged: Well, he’s the boss.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investors shrugged off two potential hurdles—a failure to pass the Clarity Act, as well as the Federal Reserve’s quarter-point interest-rate hike—to finish the week higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Yet the Norwegian never shrugged off claims he was not an elite coach.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He shrugged it off, though, and brought his attention back to the Huntsman.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Japan is shrugging off years of deflation, which to some investors suggests yields should be higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Micron stock was shrugging off CXMT's claimed advance in smartphone memory but investors might want to spread their bets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Marvell Technology just said it is boosting its annual forecast, but so far investors are shrugging that off.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
“No,” Raman then said firmly before shrugging and letting the moderator move on to the next question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He shrugged again, and I realized the shrugging was another one of his tics.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
