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Recent Examples of laugh offBryan, 47, laughed off his fall after landing on his back, videos shared on social media show.—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre laughed off the ridiculous claim but did admit that some members of her communications team listen to Swift’s music.—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024 In fact, Musk even laughed off a question as to whether his company would accept legal liability for its self-driving vehicles in the future.—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024 And Harris and Walz cannot merely laugh off people’s economic woes, international crises or Project 2025.—Richard Cherwitz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for laugh off
In contrast, the single-bore method minimizes street-level disruption.
Dan Phan,
The Mercury News,
12 Nov. 2024
This method, which is based on the idea of moving to where the hottest deer sign and action can be found, is used by many hunters who decide to minimize their hunting gear footprint and overall carry weight.
In the aftermath,Tammany leaders played down their ambitions and put on demure faces in public.
Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
Television’s tendency to play down to the masses — manipulating our individual needs for attention, for agreement, or simply to win — is an insuperable problem at this particular, shameless moment in pop culture.
By admitting that stress and uncertainty are not experiences to feel ashamed of, or something that can be shrugged off or ignored, leaders can foster a greater sense of team solidarity and trust.
Adrian Gostick,
Forbes,
29 Oct. 2024
Still, some on Yelp shrugged off the Trump campaign event.
That's not to belittle the effort the developers have put into VR support.
Eric Ravenscraft,
WIRED,
18 Oct. 2024
In 2016, one of her former classmates, Lauren Bohn, shared her memories of the Facebook group, recalling how the members would belittle Gaga’s ambitions and even trample on flyers for her shows.
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