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And I do think — required or not — participation will always be higher if sorting is not required. scorn,
San Francisco Signs Mandatory Recycling & Composting Laws | Inhabitat 2009
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‘Oh! why not,’ John repeated with returning scorn,
Little Dorrit 2007
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“Mr. Gurney,” said Cowperwood, complacently, after staring at Stephanie grimly and scorching her with his scorn,
The Titan 2004
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And but for those large eyes, the haunts of scorn,
Idylls of the King 2004
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The eyes that flashed with passionate love and scorn,
Collected Poems 2003
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The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn,
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When our Lord Jesus Christ affirmed that he came into the world "that they which see not might see," or to communicate spiritual, saving light unto the minds of men, the Pharisees, who had great apprehensions of their own wisdom and understanding in the law, replied with scorn,
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn,
I WANT YOU Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1966
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Hell-doom'd! and breath'st defiance here and scorn,
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Waits not, nor sleeps, but laughs all rest to scorn,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 19, 1891 Various
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