sniff
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When rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India's tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with a little help from AI.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
I worry about how A.I. writing and efforts to sniff it out are changing fully human writing.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
You can't sniff at his durability either - 37 league appearances, 26 of them starts.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Lee reaches to sniff some hardy Cleveland sage 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Another sniff and he picked up Tater’s scent.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
Dog sniffs could provide an easy and affordable first layer of screening to be deployed at scale, finding potential cases for further testing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The firm uses computer-driven strategies to trade based on patterns and signals it sniffs out in markets and big data sets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
He’s bothered not by the stench of corruption but the criticism, which, he sniffs, is not informed or “anything remotely resembling it.”
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2025
He sidles up, sniffs one of the vehicles, then jumps up and plants two giant paws up on the side of the buggy.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
He barks and sniffs at all the shoes.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
These shots of concentrated caffeine are meant to be sipped, not sniffed, but one whiff of a ragingly popular one—bouquet de Dubble Bubble and wet sneakers—was enough to put me off them forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The New York Times eventually sniffed out the backroom deal.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
They haven’t sniffed the playoffs since while undergoing seemingly constant leadership changes that have allowed their culture to slowly rot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Some in the pit lane sniffed a conspiracy here.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Neither were for me, no matter how many times I pointedly sniffed and sighed.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Cats that had already become accustomed to the original sample began sniffing more again when the BFA fraction was switched.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Pomeranian munchkins in Munchkinland skitter around, sniffing wagging butts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
When Hindenburg Omens occur in clusters, they tend to be more effective at sniffing out near-term weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
As part of the response, the US is stationing dogs capable of sniffing out screwworms at the borders.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
They shuffled around with their heads down, bumping into mortals and sniffing the pavement.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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