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Ryan will not say the play calling is different, perhaps because it might sound as if he were slighting former offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey, now Jacksonville's head coach.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2012

Ryan will not say the play calling is different, perhaps because it might sound as if he were slighting the former offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey, now the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2012

For the long pull, Slichter thought that some economists were slighting a new "X" factor in the economy, which throws old crystal-gazing formulas out of whack.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was feeling awfully cross at you girls just then, because he made me believe that you were slighting me and leaving me out of things.

From Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]

Mrs. Cameron felt that her visitors were slighting her, even if the Company was paying for their meals.

From Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert