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snub

[snuhb] / snʌb /


NOUN
insult; rebuff
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The Oscars snub is a missed opportunity for more audiences to try to answer it.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

When asked about Vance's apparent snub, Kobakhidze said Georgia would wait "for as long as it takes, patiently" for the US to change its position.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Huggy new boss Mike Vrabel is going to be asked about Belichick’s snub so many times he should wear his answer on a sandwich board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

If Newsom ends up being the only governor absent from the meeting, it will look like a snub, Larson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Then about two days after this snub in Room 20, I was coming down the stairs of the main house when I found Moira B. just behind me.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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