snore
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By Sunday night, it counted as a relative snore when the Patriots and Chargers entered the final 15 minutes of their matchup locked in a one-score game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
On a few occasions he lifts his head to take a deep breath without opening his eyes, at one point beginning to snore softly.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
Weight gain, for example, can increase the risk of developing a condition like sleep apnea, which can cause you to snore, gasp for air or feel like you’re choking while you’re sleeping.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Soon Nhamo heard a gentle snore from outside and she knew Ambuya had fallen asleep in her chair.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
As for Godzilla, it snores like a kitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
She says Betty is now "very eager to learn. She snores but other than that she's really quite incredible".
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
When a person snores, that's a red flag that they're on this spectrum.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
My husband sleeps very soundly and he sometimes snores, so quite a lot of the time his job is to get up with our daughter, which I’m very appreciative of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
For a long time I lay silent in the huge shadowy barracks restless with the sighs, snores, and stirrings of hundreds of women.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
As he snored companionably, I wondered how I’d handle our next progression, whatever that would be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Around her, people snored, babies cried and dogs barked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
I was horrified at the thought of the Captain watching me while I snored.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
But witnesses said that Pike remained awake longer than expected and was later heard "loudly snoring" before an ambulance rushed her to a nearby hospital.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The condemned woman was "loudly snoring, clearly very alive" as the journalists were ushered out of the area, Chandler told CBS.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
We always have grand plans about watching a movie or whatever, and then we’re both inevitably snoring by 10 p.m. at the latest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And 75% of people with a snoring partner say they have had their sleep impacted, according to a US survey by the Sleep Foundation.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
In the side of the cliff was a cavern, mouth gaping open like a snoring beast.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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