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He dismissed as “attention-grabbing” a recent study in Hong Kong that confirmed the reinfection of a 33-year-old man with the novel coronavirus.

On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”

In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen defends the novel against critics who dismiss it as frivolous and feminine.

This protest is not easy to dismiss as a right-wing anti-woman backlash.

If someone wants to dismiss this as do-goodism, fine, but it has real world effects.

I think if people were to realize that, it would be much harder to criminalize and dismiss us.

You are weary of her, too; all your Dukedom knows that right well—weary of her, and you dare not dismiss her!

But we shall not dismiss in silence the faith of Abel, Enoch, and Noah.

It is almost impossible to dismiss the idea that the victims of some disaster await the last solemn rites.

Already I feel assured of your consent; and, with my thanks, dismiss the subject.

She tried to dismiss this feeling, but it grew more definite as the morning progressed.