snub
Example Sentences
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Buffett offered kind words about Walmart’s potential to succeed, but the snub was motivating for company executives at the time, the person said.
Bill Belichick getting snubbed by voters on his first attempt to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame is very silly, but let’s not act too surprised.
Plenty of other critical darlings from last year without the same cultural longevity received complete snubs.
From Salon
"Well, this is exciting," he said, although key allies including France and Britain had snubbed the launch of what they view as a challenge to the United Nations.
From Barron's
There had been high hopes for Irish actor Paul Mescal, who played Buckley's co-star in Hamnet, but he missed out in what the industry has dubbed "a snub".
From BBC
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