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“Internationally there is a sniffiness about the MLS. Like, ‘It’s football, but it’s not quite the football we know,’” Martin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

"There can still be a sniffiness about a certain urban, grungy language."

From BBC • May 28, 2023

At 26, Simon believed he had reached the upper echelon of rock’n’roll without compromising his integrity, according to biographer Marc Eliot, but the duo continued to be met with sniffiness from critics.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2017

Establishment sniffiness might make the hackles rise, make us feel the need to defend one of our own, but that defensive proprietorial attitude is finally misplaced.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2013

Mr. Boltt said, and there was some sniffiness in his tones.

From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)