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sniff

verb as in breathe in

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The Harcourt we know, who sports black jeans and gets into bar fights just to feel something, is astounded that Peacemaker didn’t immediately sniff out the rot in this utopia.

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A sniff of a rotting old chair frightens Indy so much, he wets the rug.

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What he lacked was a modicum of a chance, a sniff at goal.

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Prof Thomas has been training his dog Rue, who sniffed out the first one this summer.

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"You still want to push in club football with the hope of maybe getting a sniff," he said.

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