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sniff

verb as in breathe in

Strongest matches

Weak match

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Some in the pit lane sniffed a conspiracy here.

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He has his morning cup of coffee out there while Daisy sniffs around, works her guard duty shifts, and takes in the million-dollar view, which stretches all the way to Santa Catalina Island.

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“This makes every sniff of holiday activity — foot traffic, discount depth, card authorizations — disproportionately important. In a data desert, even a puddle looks like a lake.”

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I could never give myself over to Mr. Carter—who played 22 seasons for eight different teams without sniffing a championship—and viewed his 2024 Hall of Fame election as questionable.

Hartnett’s weekly “Flow Show” report noted that the first sniff of that Fed capitulation would be felt in the crypto markets first because it represents “the frontier of liquidity and speculation.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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