sniff
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"I had a sniff of the joy of being in the theatre so young," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
When rescue dog Chloe is not tumbling across the grass on a farm outside India's tech capital Bengaluru, she is learning to sniff human breath for cancer with a little help from AI.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
I worry about how A.I. writing and efforts to sniff it out are changing fully human writing.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Taking a dog out and doing a slow walk and letting them sniff is really mentally stimulating,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
I sniff the trap, lick it, bite it, feel the tension in its jaws.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Dog sniffs could provide an easy and affordable first layer of screening to be deployed at scale, finding potential cases for further testing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
It sniffs out patterns invisible to the eye, predicts moves before the market even breathes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Before long, Gaga’s version of her wicked queen sniffs out her prey.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
He sidles up, sniffs one of the vehicles, then jumps up and plants two giant paws up on the side of the buggy.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
She growls until I move the stick away, then sniffs again.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
The New York Times eventually sniffed out the backroom deal.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
One AI lab insider sniffed: “We would be fools reacting to Karpian theatrics; he does well talking his own book.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
They haven’t sniffed the playoffs since while undergoing seemingly constant leadership changes that have allowed their culture to slowly rot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
The Charlton man provides physicality and endeavour and will pop up with the odd goal here and there - his record of 10 in 49 caps is not to be sniffed at.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
They squinted and sniffed and whispered to each other, trying to understand how such a frail old woman could create such a big, strong robot.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Cats that had already become accustomed to the original sample began sniffing more again when the BFA fraction was switched.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The 33-year-old’s rounds include sniffing for burning equipment that could indicate overheating, feeling tubes for cracks and looking for faulty lighting or broken power transformers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The Pomeranian munchkins in Munchkinland skitter around, sniffing wagging butts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
When Hindenburg Omens occur in clusters, they tend to be more effective at sniffing out near-term weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Since the pigs cannot find food or even find their way around without sniffing, this mutilation makes them completely dependent on their human owners.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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