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  • 'Shrugging', is not the physical act of moving away from everyone else.

    The Devil's Kitchen 2009

  • Shrugging off the latest euro-zone debt concerns, traders sent the euro higher against the dollar on worries over U.S. economic health and monetary policy.

    Dollar Pulls Back on Rivals Dawn Kissi 2011

  • Shrugging that off, to say he was tough on the Red Sox batters was an understatement; after giving up the hit, Sabathia proceeded to strike out the next three batters.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Shrugging your shoulders and expressing doubt or indifference to your problems will only make them bigger.

    Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011

  • Shrugging that off, to say he was tough on the Red Sox batters was an understatement; after giving up the hit, Sabathia proceeded to strike out the next three batters.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Shrugging off the latest euro-zone debt concerns, traders sent the euro higher against the dollar on worries over U.S. economic health and monetary policy.

    Dollar Pulls Back on Rivals Dawn Kissi 2011

  • She kept asking my questions about my purse preferences, and I kept making the inarticulate Noises Of Shrugging, and finally I said, Look, Ma.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2009

  • The release of the film is also timely with Rand's resurgence of influence driven in part by Tea Party firebrands who at their rallies have posterized memorable Randenalia, such as "Atlas is Shrugging", "Who is John Galt?"

    Michael Shermer: Atlas Shrugged, But You Shouldn't Michael Shermer 2011

  • SYDNEY—Shrugging off worries over the rising cost of living and a two-speed economy, Australia ranks among the top nations in the world for lifestyle and well-being, with its people working less and getting paid more than 33 other nations measured by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, in its new Better Life index.

    Australians Among Happiest, OECD Lifestyle Index Shows Enda Curran 2011

  • The release of the film is also timely with Rand's resurgence of influence driven in part by Tea Party firebrands who at their rallies have posterized memorable Randenalia, such as "Atlas is Shrugging", "Who is John Galt?"

    Michael Shermer: Atlas Shrugged, But You Shouldn't Michael Shermer 2011

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