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sneeze

[sneez] / sniz /
NOUN
expulsion of air
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He made her sneeze and caused watery eyes and severe rashes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

"Every cough, every sneeze becomes a potential danger."

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

Interest surged in 2020 when the star unexpectedly dimmed after what was described as a stellar "sneeze."

From Science Daily Jan. 10, 2026

As a result, Mr. Hegseth’s pocket square is nothing to sneeze at.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2025

I ask, when I'm covered with dirt, enough so I want to sneeze.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

The virus spreads from person to person through close physical contact, coughs or sneezes and touching infected clothing, bedding or towels.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2025

Opening windows where possible and practising good hygiene - using and then binning a tissue for coughs and sneezes and washing your hands - can help prevent this.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

And if tech sneezes, global financial markets—starting with the U.S.—will catch a cold.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 5, 2025

RSV can spread through coughs or sneezes but also by touching a contaminated surface, such as a door handle, and then touching your face before washing your hands, health officials warn.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

In Milagro, waiting for Amarante Cordova to drop dead became like waiting for one of those huge sneezes that just refuses to come.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

I felt a stab of pain whenever I coughed or sneezed.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2026

Though initially, this created a buzz that Betelgeuse might go supernova any minute, scientists soon found out that the dimming was actually due to a large fluff of dust that the monster sneezed out.

From Space Scoop Aug. 20, 2025

None of these actors have ever sneezed onstage, but several say it’s the bodily function that would frighten them the most to perform.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2024

In early 2020, the world scrubbed down surfaces, washed hands and sneezed into elbows, desperate to avoid infection with a new coronavirus.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2023

She stopped digging momentarily and took a pinch of snuff and sneezed noisily.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

It can spread through coughing and sneezing, and remain infectious in the air up to two hours after an infected person has left a room.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

Prof Andrew Lee, from the University of Sheffield, suggests people with other infections that cause a lot of coughing and sneezing may have made it easier for meningitis-causing bacteria to spread in the club.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

Before he ran out of road, he pulled within sneezing distance of the car in front of him and used the draft to slingshot around into second.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is primarily spread through close, intimate contact, such as through body fluids, sores, shared bedding or shared clothing, as well as kissing, coughing and sneezing, health officials say.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

Or if they weren’t actually feeling sick yet, it was clear to them that with everyone coughing, sneezing, and wheezing all around them, it was only a matter of time.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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