snarky
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Savor a celebrity rumor that was too good to be true: For a moment this week, it seemed like Channing Tatum was using a burner Instagram account to leave snarky comments on his ex’s posts.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
"It's not about the most clever comments, fake AI garbage or snarky tweets," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
As always, Murderbot is snarky and deadly but unsure of where it stands in the world of humans when it isn’t the one holding the gun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The comment was made in response to a snarky Instagram user who accused Holly of undergoing plastic surgery, claiming that her “surgeon did an amazing job.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
I immediately feel guilty for my snarky thoughts.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Ryan Grim, Washington bureau chief for The Intercept, was snarkier: “Can’t imagine why they didn’t want this screaming at their shoppers. Really unfair man.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Global leaders have been sending their congratulations to the UK's new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, but in the international media, there have been snarkier remarks, too.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022
Ro also has a penchant for making lists, like a brainier, snarkier Bridget Jones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2018
Take it a step snarkier and dismiss them as creaky — or even flat-out old.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2017
“Everyone became an expert on what that moment represented — the snarkier, the better.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2017
There's clearly a bright future for Yelena — who might just become the snarkiest, most delightfully sarcastic person in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, carrying on the legacy of her sister, the first female Avenger.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2021
He also delivers some of the show’s snarkiest, wonderfully flippant lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2020
He’s both the snarkiest of the major networks’ late-night hosts and a TV classicist at heart, the sort of roastmaster and toastmaster who could spike the punchbowl without tipping it completely over.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2016
Sometimes it feels like we must be the snarkiest, slangiest, least-formal generation in human history.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2014
And as fun as it is to watch Scandal on a second screen, even the snarkiest tweet is a poor substitute for the real, live, exasperated groans brought on by Olivia and Fitz’s toxic relationship.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2013
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