Example Sentences

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Fishing communities in Fukushima are also worried customers will shun their catches, despite strict testing protocols for food from the region.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

Observations of I-66’s sister road Interstate 495 make it clear most drivers will shun the expensive tolls and sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic instead.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2022

Analysts have said the athletic wear boom could last at least through next year, even as the market is concerned that consumers will shun workout clothes for more formal clothing as they return to offices.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2021

In the not-so-far-off future, teens won't bother getting driver's licenses, consumers will shun owning their own cars, and taxis will be replaced by "taxibots."

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2015

They will shun him the way she has been shunned.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool