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snide
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Examples
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It really is time this was addressed and also recognised that white people are very often the victims of racial bullying - if no more than 'snidey' under-the-breath mutterings that are offensive and hurtful.
Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk Simon Woolley 2010
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He's taken the club as far as he can, a fairly standard issue snidey remark blurted out shortly after Liverpool's defeat at Blackpool on Wednesday night.
Has Kenny Dalglish taken Liverpool as far as he can?| Barney Ronay 2011
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Why not email me your gushing and unconditional chorizo-breathed praise/snidey, green-eyed jibes for this team of all the talents/team with one extremely well-developed talent on barney. ronay@guardian.co.uk.
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People like 'Dixon', Goldacre, Crippen et al really ought to be aware of that and try and learn to argue logically (sorry Dixon - you're getting exposure in this post because of your last exchange here with John Stone - there's more people on this forum that to which this post also applies) and refrain from the emotionally charged snidey remarks.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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What better way than to bring to heel the EuroMafia of Clarke, Patten, Hurd and Heseltine whose snidey anti-referendum comments are wheeled out against the Conservatives by the BBC every time any of them tries to make the case for a referendum.
Referendum News 2007
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So please stop trying to make me into your own personal straw man to knock over and then scoff at with little snidey remarks and condescending interjections.
TEXAS FAITH: Glenn Beck and the culture of fear | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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What better way than to bring to heel the EuroMafia of Clarke, Patten, Hurd and Heseltine whose snidey anti-referendum comments are wheeled out against the Conservatives by the BBC every time any of them tries to make the case for a referendum.
Archive 2007-07-22 2007
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But do we really need the horrible, snidey behaviour that has become so prevalent over the last few weeks.
Will the Telegraph be culpable if there's a suicide? Jeff 2009
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Well according to the Grauniad, in a beautifully snidey sign-off, he's staying in a £4,200 a night hotel suite.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one to find Dimbleby's show increasingly an excuse for him to indulge his ego and behave pompously, as he tries to cram a quart into a pint pot by badgering his 'guests' with interruptions and snidey remarks to make himself look of a superior intelligence.
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