Sentences with phrase «brushed aside»

This year, I thought Miss You Already and Jem and the Holograms got a raw deal from the largely male Tomatometer, which brushed them aside as women's stuff.

This narrative twist has been the subject of intensive theorising and fan speculation since the game's release in January, but you get the impression that Capcom weren't really aware of this, as the mystery is basically brushed aside with a throwaway line of dialogue.

I think a lot of people unfairly brushed this aside and the xenophobia accusation is baseless.

In Infinity War, the Cap - Stark debate is brushed aside — indeed, almost forgotten — as the Avengers, although scattered, are all forced to contend with a larger, outside threat: Thanos (Josh Brolin), a massive, galaxy - trotting warlord who believes the universe would be better off if half of the population was exterminated.

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The film has a particularly fresh feeling, focusing not only on bisexuality but also Iranian American culture, two things brushed aside by Hollywood.

David Warner's Van Helsing steps up to deliver some serious exposition, only to be brushed aside by other, more pressing plots.

The Second Mother also eases the tone to make its events less caustic and bruising to those involved, meaning the film's initial, impending sense of dread is eventually discarded in favor of peppier resolutions, even though its economic concerns haven't been so much resolved as temporarily brushed aside to provide an illusory, optimistic capper.

When complications do arrive they are brushed aside and we go back to shooting.

And money always talks, so even the women who spoke up and asked for change or justice, they were often hushed up, brushed aside, buried in litigation, or told in a million different languages the ways in which they were expendable.

I was in my mid 40s and suffering a lot of these problems described in the article, and while I always had, and still do have, mild hypothyroidism, all of my doctors dismissed my newer, stronger complaints by saying that everything I was describing was due to being in perimenopause, but actually I DID have a brain tumor, which I had had to live with, with no treatment, for 2 years while my doctors brushed aside my complaints.

Sleep is absolutely vital, it's a shame that «sleep» became something that gets mentioned a lot but brushed aside.

Meanwhile, our stressful, often harmful experiences — like getting stuck in traffic and being late for a meeting, feeling brushed aside by a friend or misunderstood by a partner, or ruminating about worries or resentments — routinely produce lasting changes in neural structure or function.

Yahoo has brushed aside suggestions that the site's future is in question, but Flickr users remain concerned about what they see as a lack of commitment.

In its heyday, it went on expeditions to the poles: while the vessel's strengthened bow brushed aside broken ice, tourists snapped gleaming icebergs from the observation deck or sipped drinks in the lounge.

But scientific evidence should never be brushed aside from the political debate.

«But many scientists focused on DNA sequencing have brushed aside aspects of the fossil data, but when you minimise the potential biases in molecular dating you instead get a story that matches the fossil evidence.»

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that his Republican opponent's attacks for not agreeing to a one - on - one televised debate are «baloney,» and brushed aside additional complaints about his ongoing book tour.

All the criticism and small print of it was brushed aside, as usual; and the «Gordon Brown said» line is still the current media narrative, as it has been since his conference speech in late September.

At a press conference after the hearing, Mark - Viverito brushed aside concerns over the decision.

The Seneca Nation, which insists the compact is in effect until 2023, brushed aside Cuomo's threat and said the compact's provisions support the tribe's decision to end payments to the state.

King, who after several long days and nights of campaigning said he was exhausted, brushed aside any idea that the winner of the race may not be strong enough to withstand a future challenge, with the possibility of fewer opponents to split the vote.

Speaking to reporters Wednesday after a summit with the state's producers of alcoholic beverages, Cuomo brushed aside comparisons and shrugged off the idea of ending the spoils system.

Since the mayor has gone public with the criticism, the governor, a shrewd tactician who aides acknowledge plays politics as a full - contact sport, brushed aside the complaint while working overtime to cozy up to a cadre of lawmakers.

He brushed aside the issues built into the system of constructing new housing — the city's process for competitive bids and the lengthy review of land use applications.

It is on account of this he brushed aside an opinion that the federal government should challenge the constitutionality of the anti-open grazing bill.

Nassau lawmakers voted Monday to boost their pay by nearly 100 percent — assuming they're re-elected in two years — as they brushed aside concerns over appearance in light of the county's budget woes.

He brushed aside questions about his leadership, pointing out that he won a second leadership election in September of last year.

Delegates from New York brushed aside the email scandal, saying they were solidifying their support behind Clinton's nomination.

He doubled down Wednesday on his plan to make New York a more fair city, and brushed aside questions about his political ambitions by saying he is focused on the job at - hand.

The Rev. Michael Faulkner, a black Republican running for mayor of New York, brushed aside the more pointed rhetoric about race that has been heard at the Republican National Convention.

Bailey brushed aside a reporter's question about the optics of the secretary making her first school visit in New York City to one that caters to a wealthy student body, out of sync with the city's school system where about three - quarters of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunches.

Since he became Deputy Prime Minister last year he has brushed aside suggestions that he is «fragile» and suffering from stress.

Deputy Roads Minister, Anthony Karbo has brushed aside media reports of an altercation between him and officials of an excavator company.

Astorino brushed aside the potential candidacy of Donald Trump, who says he has the support of a majority of the state party committee and insists he, too, is seriously considering a challenge to Cuomo.

They brushed aside the findings of the M.T.A. Transportation Reinvention Commission, a 2014 panel of transit leaders from around the world.

Late in 2015, NDC's Isaac Adongo crushed the sitting Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Akolbire Opam - Brown, and renowned lawyer, Abraham Amaliba, at a primary preceded and trailed by open accusations from the loyalists of his defeated contenders that he rode on the triple wings of intemperate language, intolerance and violence to claim the ticket — allegations the candidate has consistently brushed aside as false.

Kelechi Nwakali has brushed aside talks that Nigeria is favourites to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup quarter - final clash against Brazil on Sunday.

Noting his win earlier this week in Wisconsin, he brushed aside Trump's advantages in the polls and in organization.

Nassau lawmakers voted to boost their pay by nearly 100 percent — assuming they're re-elected in two years — as they brushed aside concerns over appearance in light of the county's budget woes.

President John Mahama has brushed aside latest swipes from his critics over falling standards of education in Ghana, saying it is one of the best in the world.

If, as negotiations proceed, this analysis appears to be correct, that can not be brushed aside.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo brushed aside a question in a Sunday morning television interview as to whether his trip to Israel suggested he was opening the door to a run for president in 2016.

Mr. de Blasio continued to scoff at his declining support among the people of the city he represents, and brushed aside reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo claimed he, the governor, was going to have to «save New York City.»

He also brushed aside any notions of his own blame.

Mangano declared his innocence and brushed aside calls to resign, including from Martins, who was seeking a seat in Congress.

At the Baruch rally his aides brushed aside a reporter trying to pose a question as the Mayor departed.

In any event, my last phone conversation Monday was with Sheehan, who brushed aside Commisso's claim about Clinton.

Vladimir Putin brushed aside Western sanctions against his closest aides yesterday by recognising Crimea as a sovereign state.

Among the big losers so far are environmental campaigners, whose arguments and protests about air quality, pollution and environmental issues appear to have been brushed aside by the Government.