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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
shun .
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Examples
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The Times bemusedly profiles the little alt because, it claims, the triCity "shuns" the web.
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Before you get the idea that I'm ready to join the Amish, I was totally turned off to the fact that if their child leaves the Amish faith the family "shuns" them completely.
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UK church 'shuns' lesbian couple A BRITISH lesbian couple claim they were forced out of their church for holding hands during a service.
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UK church 'shuns' lesbian couple A BRITISH lesbian couple claim they were forced out of their church for holding hands during a service.
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Ali shuns Berger not because he's immoral, but because his values are slightly more capitalistic than hers.
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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So, I admit, I didn't like CrapStain McCaine, and I think the GOP needs to start thinking a little more 'hipp' and younger, but when I voted for Obama, I didn't vote for a non-partisan idiot who shuns the Rep Party during one of the most important moments in America ...
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She shuns women's conferences and is more passionate about promoting young talent, regardless of gender.
A Reluctant Icon Enters Private Life Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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Counter to what the media projects, mountaineering culture is mostly one that shuns the media circus atmosphere built up at Everest base camp.
Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Why Climb the Highest Mountain? - NASA Watch 2009
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Learning Economics shuns diagrams and other mathematical apparatus.
Book Pitch, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Ali shuns Berger not because he's immoral, but because his values are slightly more capitalistic than hers.
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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