frown (at or on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
Verb
  • In its court filing, Ben & Jerry's also accused Unilever of trying to stop it from issuing any public statement against Trump or releasing a Pecan Resist ice cream that was marketed to people who disliked Trump.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • And some believe Tesla owners and cars shouldn’t be the target of those who dislike the company’s CEO.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Encanto star remembers when productions refused to cast more than one Latino.
    Yolanda Machado, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to seize more territory in Gaza if Hamas continues to refuse to release the hostages.
    Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The company must take the job listing down and reject all the candidates that applied.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Two lower courts had already rejected the legal challenge by Democrat Josh Kaul, who argues that Musk’s offer violates a state law.
    Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The survey had 58 percent disapproving of the president's handling of inflation compared to 40 percent who approved—a negative 18-point margin.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The poll found that 56% of Missourians either approved or strongly approved of Trump while 42% disapproved or strongly disapproved.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, citing Trump's executive order that the U.S. now only recognizes two sexes, male and female, says if the gender listed on an applicant's passport does not match their gender assigned at birth, their travel permit or visa application can be denied.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The original post about Hailey's like has seemingly been removed and the model has denied the allegations through a rep.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The movie doesn’t show that his death led to an outpouring of on-line protest, deploring his silencing and demanding freedom of speech.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The Chinese company has publicly deplored any military use of its drones and stopped selling direct to Russia and Ukraine, but despite the ban their drones can easily be bought via third parties.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Batched denials issued in silence In 2023, Afghan SIV applicants began to see their COM applications denied or their former COM approvals revoked in swathes.
    Beth Bailey, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Masked agents reportedly arrested Suri outside his Arlington, Virginia, home on Monday, informing him that his visa had been revoked, according to a legal filing cited by Politico.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Government lawyers asked for a one-day delay to detail the flights to consider whether to invoke the president’s state-secrets privilege to withhold the information.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
  • However, this is not the first time the label has faced allegations of withholding royalties.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Frown (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frown%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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