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sneer at







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The ones some travelers sneer at, like magnets, T-shirts and shot glasses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"I think most of our characters were quite warm and quite engaging and we didn't sneer at them or mock them," says Paul.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

It’s easy to sneer at Morris’s antics, but beneath the grotesquery is a real hunger.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

It would be easy to sneer at the Light Phone website as a set piece from Portlandia or an extended SNL gag.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2023

Or he would sneer at me under the guise of a compliment.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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