nose
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Hearing that from a blue-haired L.A. pop singer with a nose ring showed she really can do anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
They evaluated insulin responsiveness by tracking changes in regional cerebral blood flow after insulin was administered through the nose.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Shakespeare kept his nose clean, writing plays until the age of around 50; Marlowe was dead at 29.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
There are metaphors, and there are metaphors, but this one is just too on the nose.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
I wiggled my nose, but the straw was old, settled.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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We once depended on our noses to tell us whether food was fresh, whether something was burning or whether a tannery lay up ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They then positioned the cup about 30 cm from their noses and left it there overnight.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
If there were any time to turn our noses up in defiance and refuse to engage with anything less than quality, it’s now.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Crucially, Chelsea nipped in at the last minute to sign Willian from under the noses of Spurs, who might argue that was only because of the secret payments.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
From upside down, I could see straight up their noses, all hairy and slimy.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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All I know is that when Pebble Beach’s traffic control staff forced me to execute a tricky U-turn on a narrow road—at night, in front of witnesses—the Multistrada nosed around beautifully.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The champions nosed ahead through a Lewandowski penalty on 10 minutes after Marcos Alonso handled Fermin Lopez's shot, but Celta equalised a minute later.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
Tracking data show that the plane climbed to 75 feet above the runway, veered right and then nosed into a sudden, steep dive seconds after its 8:08 p.m. takeoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
In the current year alone, record sales have nosed ahead of compact discs.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
Sometimes they nosed around the laboratory, and although Granddaddy seemed fond of them, he never let them in.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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The entire Crace clan is resisting Susan’s nosing about, imperiling the brand and jeopardizing the Netflix deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It has returned 15.8% a year over the past decade, nosing out the benchmark index, which has returned 15.6%, through May 8.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
It’s funny, then, that the people nosing their way past the lines Allen draws and into her personal life are the same ones hoping for Harbour and Allen to be symbols of morality.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
"When mami was pulled out of the cellar I had customers coming around to me and looking and nosing at what was going on."
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024
About a year ago, a group of us started holding bonfires at dedicated clearings in the woods, nowhere near enough to houses for parents to come nosing around our flickering flames.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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