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shunned

adjective as in ostracized

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adjective as in rejected

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Given the resultant uncertainty, it is no surprise investors have shunned healthcare stocks, notwithstanding miraculous medical advances and the ever-growing demand for care.

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For a party that has largely shunned flag-waving displays of national pride, this is a new departure.

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Redford often shunned the Hollywood limelight, preferring to plough his own furrow.

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But the report found that since Kim shunned diplomacy with the West and the US in 2019, instead focusing on his weapons programme, people's living situations and human rights had "degraded".

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“You see the pregnant family living in the Sanderson house and mommy’s gone. Could Laura still be alive? Did she really die? Has she just been shunned to the priory?”

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