snub

Example Sentences

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The Oscars snub is a missed opportunity for more audiences to try to answer it.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

They sent a lower-ranking bureaucrat to sign it—a diplomatic snub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

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 • Jan. 22, 2026

Addison walked on all fours with his snub nose in \ y\\j the air while the man-thing called Grunt scampered around us like a psychotic puppy.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs