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Recent Examples of nasal
Nasal sprays Individuals managing nasal congestion often prefer nasal sprays, which may help minimize sneezing, running or itchiness.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Change clothes after spending time outside, and take off shoes at the door to avoid tracking in pollen.
Make use of over-the-counter medications, nasal sprays and eye drops.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
This saline nasal mist is a natural way to experience allergy relief by flushing nasal passages without medication or steroids.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026
Some people are born with a tendency to breathe through their mouth, due to extremely small nasal passages or a recessed jaw.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Change clothes after spending time outside, and take off shoes at the door to avoid tracking in pollen.
Make use of over-the-counter medications, nasal sprays and eye drops.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
This saline nasal mist is a natural way to experience allergy relief by flushing nasal passages without medication or steroids.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026
Some people are born with a tendency to breathe through their mouth, due to extremely small nasal passages or a recessed jaw.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nasal
Adjective
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Virginia Tech likes to muddy games around strident defense and inside action.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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As Americans shifted their attention to both British enemies and Indian enemies, these propaganda campaigns became more strident and generated debates about racial characteristics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.—
Hisham Matar,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2024
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Tyler, the Creator’s Don’t Tap the Glass, ironically, is the least piercing and the most hedonistic, by design.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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Streisand covered the emotionally piercing song the following year, and clever DJs around the country began splicing the two solo versions together.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
24 Dec. 2025
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Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.—
Stephen A. Smith,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2023
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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However, all are treated equally by the professional staff and even arrivals such as ours, in tinny hire cars, are whisked into the sleek entrance of the minimalist white building.—
Jemima Sissons,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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The ice-dancing duo is fortunate to have the space to themselves—no tinny arena music to block out, no playing tag team with other skaters for the chance to run through their programs.—
Alice Park,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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The early transition reflects a broader reality across Summit County, where thin snowpack and warm temperatures have shortened the ski season and pushed some winter operations to close early.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The study also has implications for applications such as thin-film electronics and actuators.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Nasal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nasal. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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