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The combination of ambition and pretension met with some derision.
But shouldn't some derision be aimed at the boards of directors at the banks?
He was greeted with support from party members, but also some derision.
France's economic makeover has inspired some derision outside of the country, too.
Intel Capital's enormous VC investment portfolio has been the subject of some derision.
The claim was met with incredulity and some derision by many Trump critics.
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Nonetheless, it's the one moment in the film in which Hughes seems to come out from behind the camera and assert himself, assert some pissiness, some rancor, some righteous derision.
And in some cases, derision was the right response.
Alison is what used to be called, with some fond derision, an Earth Mother.
Smith, who had led the players' union for two years and had no earlier ties to the N.F.L., had initially been met with suspicion — and in some cases derision — by owners.
They're also impossibly light — a result of Sano's well-honed boat-building methods — and have become objects of worship, and in some cases, derision, for hipsters and bike experts everywhere.
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