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Though Newsom has long brushed off White House ambitions, he is among a new generation of Democrats who could vie for the presidency in 2028.

He was initially brushed off by Pope Francis, who instead had church higher-ups talk to the vice president about migrants and refugees.

Trump brushed off those allegations in a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, refusing to answer a reporter's question as the press was ushered out.

When Oligui Nguema brushed off some parliamentarians' concern about the concentration of executive power in the presidency by abolishing the post of prime minister, there was little fuss.

When friends questioned the wisdom of planting a garden that may be destroyed to make way for real estate development, Horvitz brushed concerns aside.