snobbery
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Whatever it was, Stewart’s charm was in his refusal to let snobbery dictate his life or career path.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Instead, it is a quiet study in snobbery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Their snobbery is juxtaposed with Carney’s friend and colleague Pepper’s unsettling bluntness and eyeball to eyeball stare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"I think some of some of the discussion I've seen has veered between outright snobbery and just downright unpleasant, a bit of kill joy attitude, you know, there's enough doom and gloom in the world."
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
But stripped of the luxury of snobbery, the two became thick as the thieves they now were, at least according to the Third Reich.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Many previous music-critic snobberies have eroded through the consumerist pluralism of the internet, a broader politics of cultural representation, and a renewed investment in pleasure as the literal least a listener can ask for.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2019
Nonetheless, learning about my boyhood idol’s snobberies and insecurities has left me slightly downcast.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017
Age-appropriate dressing is blown out of the water, ancient snobberies of chic or trashy do not apply.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2017
Like Philip Roth and, more recently, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ma is unafraid to generalize about her culture and explore its snobberies and social codes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2014
How I used to revel in such bitter little snobberies myself; how eay they were, once.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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