nostrils

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Nurses and doctors wore biohazard suits and three layers of medical gloves when they entered his room, swabbing him for virus up his nostrils and in other sites like his eyelids twice a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Among the works is a giant dinosaur fossil made from hammers, knives and spanners, a snake made from an old bicycle chain and a bull's nostrils formed from a vintage gas mask.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The Cleveland Clinic describes this as a hole in the tissue that separates your nostrils.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

Chesson, as trained, inhaled a lungful of air through her nostrils in a single deep breath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025

"God making man from dust and blowing breath into his nostrils and all that, right?"

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds