nose
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Even if it takes the Clippers holding their nose and restocking, there are ways forward, and having the Raptors’ two first-rounders in their pocket will help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Those, however, were much more quotidian in nature—slices of pie, humble shoes—and circumvented the traditional gallery-to-collector pipeline, with Oldenburg thumbing his nose at the commercialized art establishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Crowther, an equities trader, became known as the "man in the red bandana" after survivors told stories about a mysterious man wearing one over his nose and mouth.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Russell began to struggle with his tyres as Antonelli homed in and with five laps to go, the two were nose to tail.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Then she snorts, shoving her nose against my chest.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
Across the pavements, residential areas and public spaces of African cities, the informal economy is booming under the noses of authorities, who are often powerless to stop it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The party was a little livelier than your typical book launch: Heiser says it “featured a reading backed by an excellent jazz trio, ceramic noses, a scent-maker, mimes and speed therapy, among many other things.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Kitten born with two noses and two mouths leaves cat rescue 'speechless'
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Rabbits stood up in the road ahead, their little front paws dangling down and their noses sniffing, and the sun shone through their tall, twitching ears.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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
In the current year alone, record sales have nosed ahead of compact discs.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
I just remember being like, “Whoa! He front nosed that!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Beatrice tripped herself up and nosed into the Persian carpet, twice.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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
Bears, who can weigh up to half a ton and outrun humans, have been breaking into homes looking for food, nosing around schools and rampaging through supermarkets.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
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
Somebody had to speak for this kid and who better than me, the guy who’d been nosing around his life for the past six months?
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
