What do you call it when someone lifts their shoulders in indifference?
It is now.Is my sentence correct?
Recent news of presumable money laundering at Caesars Palace [no comma] provoked little more than a dismissive shrug [STRIKE]of shoulders[/STRIKE].
What do you call when someone raises their shoulders in indifference? Shrug?
Is it the wrong word here? How about "possible"?
Do these work?
1. Recent news of alleged money laundering at Caesars Palace provoked little more than a dismissive shrug.
2. Recent news of what is presumably money laundering at Caesars Palace provoked little more than a dismissive shrug.
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