sniff
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As Kidd looks around and watches strangers become friends over a sniff of musk or jasmine, he reflects on part of the magic of the Smellers Club and other fragrance communities.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Ultimately the blood the French thought they could sniff as during a second-half comeback turned out to be Anglo-Saxon bloody-mindedness.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Private fund managers may sniff that the JPMorgan CEO is arguing his book here, but he’s right about the relative lack of transparency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Just one in the eighth for GB gave Canada the sniff of an opportunity and that snatched it ruthlessly, capitalising on some slack stones in the ninth to lead 8-6 going into the last.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Now he stopped to sniff at an ice chunk, and patted it with one paw.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing sniff
Smell Words
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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