snuff
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What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
As NBC News reported, zero members of the grand jury found the charges up to snuff.
From Slate • Feb. 14, 2026
His strictly regulated factory model brooks no challenges from his workers, and he employs an enormous security force to snuff out the merest whisper of pro-union sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Duffy, as well as her co-traitor Stephen, managed to snuff out the competition in Friday night's final to take home half of the show's £95,750 prize pot.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Next the reader—assuming he or she has not contracted the disease during the long cooking process—should “rub the temples and loins with this preparation...wash the mouth, and snuff up some of it into the nostrils.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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