snubbing

present participle of snub

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of snubbing By that measure, Sheinbaum should be reminded that sending cheap oil to the decrepit Cuban regime and snubbing the Summit of the Americas in solidarity with the region’s most brutal dictatorships is a betrayal of Mexico’s constitutional commitment to human rights. Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snubbing
Verb
  • Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins did approve the group's referendum petition this week after initially rejecting it.
    Savannah Hawley-Bates, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Miller says that rejecting God, as philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche warned, ultimately leads to rejecting the value of human life.
    Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Caregiving is too hard and too isolating to do it on your own.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The patient required hospitalization and is now isolating and recovering at home.
    Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From disrespecting local customs to getting pickpocketed, to forgetting to reapply sunscreen to overpacking, European tour guides have truly seen it all.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The situation unfolded earlier this week when TikToker Bookie Woodz posted a now-controversial clip, accusing Ayesha of craving male attention and subtly disrespecting her husband in the process.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Unified Government created a set of incentives, which include cutting permit fees and water and sewer connection fees, for people who want to build on its land bank property to try to encourage redevelopment.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The prince also accused his father of cutting him off financially, and Meghan said the royals discussed denying their children prince and princess titles and police protection.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Markey is securely in the far left, Trump hating lane.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Some Republicans accuse protesters of hating America.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s not the case with Bertha’s son, Larry (Harry Richardson), who seems to have joined his father in absolutely despising Bertha by the end of the season.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One raid saw masked federal agents repelling from Black Hawk helicopters and wrecking an apartment building.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In the first episode, the recruits wasted no time in repelling from a helicopter hovering in the air.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By 1845, Marx was scorning his colleagues for floating in the clouds.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Snubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snubbing. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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