shun
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It’s not something to shun and shy away and run away from.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Cat said that while many teenagers shun spending time with their parents, she knows first-hand how lonely it is to not have your parents around.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
You won’t hear that from the Wall Street giants promoting investments in funds that shun publicly traded stocks and bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The universe, it’s all mathematics and science, and I shouldn’t shun the science of music just because I think the inspiration is all it should be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
“I wonder. You may shun me if you know the truth.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
Novack generally shuns them but understands it is a personal preference for those who can afford it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rubio, on his first-ever visit to India, flew to Agra and spent 45 minutes at the Taj Mahal with his wife Jeanette, who usually shuns the spotlight.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Of course, it's entirely possible that everyone has got it wrong, and Sienna Rose is a real singer who shuns the limelight.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
“I think it’s very important that the publisher — the novel-making community, if I can put it like that — embraces that sense of risk rather than shuns it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
“He seeks revenge, and yet he shuns it.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Once shunned by the political establishment, he is now part of the government's inner sanctum of ministers.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
To carry out the repatriation plan, he has welcomed Min Aung Hlaing -- previously shunned and credited with ordering the 2017 crackdown that sent legions of Rohingya fleeing to Malaysia in the first place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Get shunned by your community for your actions.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Political parties have traditionally shunned meddling in races where they lack a candidate of their own, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They will shun him the way she has been shunned.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
The First Amendment prevents government censorship, but one reason there are social penalties, including criticism, shunning and firing for hateful rhetoric, is that it is not, in fact, harmless.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
On a sector basis, only semiconductors are meaningfully owned, mostly as a consequence of ASML, while investors are shunning automakers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Others accused them of romanticising self isolation and encouraging an "air of cosy defeatism" by shunning social connections.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Xi has centralized decision-making, shunning foreign counsel for five-year plans, and empowered the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
I thought about shunning her for temporarily forgetting about me, but what good would that do?
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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