The prestige usually hatches a viperous nest of critics who deride the credentials of the winner, complain about the unmentioned collaborators who’ll be sidelined by history, or point to the more deserving recipients who’ve been unfairly snubbed.

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Wall excelled at channeling slights — like a USA Basketball snub — and maintaining a firm belief in his own abilities regardless of the circumstances.

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The drop is largely attributed to Tesla being snubbed from inclusion in the S&P 500 index on Friday, surprising investors who thought that the company was shoe-in for the list.

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"I was playin' sock-ball," snuffled the boy, and a solitary tear rolled down his snub nose.

THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD

Webber pulled out a snub-nosed instrument that looked enough like a gun to be very convincing.

THE STARS, MY BROTHERSEDMOND HAMILTON

Kieran roared again, and Webber pulled the snub-nosed thing out of his pocket.

THE STARS, MY BROTHERSEDMOND HAMILTON

And though Uncle Marmy was too deeply in earnest to mind the snub, he wished he had answered less effusively.

ROBIN REDBREASTMARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH

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OCTOBER 26, 1985

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