He now dismisses that as a flippant comment.

他现在把那当作一个轻率的评论，不再理会了。

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She dismisses this now as a moment of weakness – "if I said it at all. I probably did say it. I cannot remember.

如今，她对此否认，解释为那时是一时彷徨- “如果我确实说过，那有可能，我记不起了。”

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The government now dismisses the idea that one function of the law is to defend people against the arbitrary exercise of state power.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

The now undisputed strongman dismisses reports of extrajudicial killings, however, except that of a key Ranariddh aide, an execution that Hun Sen says he has ordered investigated.

CNN: The Killing Fields?

Austin Frakt responds with what has now become a familiar refrain at his blog: He dismisses studies showing that Medicaid enrollees do worse than the uninsured, touts studies that show the reverse and claims that new Medicaid enrollees are going to get more care than otherwise.

FORBES: John Goodman on Medicaid Outcomes