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Inhaling these spores can result in classic hay fever symptoms: itchy and watery eyes, sneezing, and sore and stuffed-up noses that feel ready to explode.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

It made them sound like fog-enveloped travelers or stuffed-up flu sufferers waiting for the Sudafed to kick in.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2016

His mother, Sandy, had picked up the phone a few days before and upon hearing her stuffed-up son’s voice at the other end, she thought he was sick.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2013

The result is a stuffed-up nose and an endless outpouring of green or yellow mucus.

From New York Times • May 12, 2011

So you go to the doctor, she takes it out real quick, and pretty soon you forget how it felt to have a sore, stuffed-up, stretched-out nose.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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