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Critics may have snickered — The Washington Post’s Tom Shales noted that “The Love Boat” pulls “the median level of mediocrity down to unfathomable lows” — but audiences watched in droves.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2021

At that his mother would have snickered, I guess.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2018

Pundits have snickered at these failures, which render the candidate ineligible for 10 of the 54 delegates awarded on Tuesday.

From Time • Mar. 16, 2012

Many have snickered at Pearl getting caught, as he turned over an audio tape of a star recruit saying he was offered $80,000 and an S.U.V. by then-Illinois assistant Jimmy Collins.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2010

Elder Brother Heinrich Mann might have snickered in his lush Van Dyke beard, for Brother Thomas was only preaching what Brother Heinrich has spent a lifetime practising.

From Time Magazine Archive