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Recent Examples of nasal
Researchers at Stanford University are leading efforts on a one-of-a-kind universal nasal respiratory vaccine.
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Sooji Nam, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
One seminal 1978 study demonstrated that sipping warm soup or hot water can help clear out nasal mucus more quickly than drinking cold water or drinking a hot beverage via straw.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
On dry nights, humidifiers may help keep the nasal passages moist, enabling more comfortable sleep.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 23 Feb. 2026
Or just take a break to do some slow, nasal breathing while moving.
—Mark Divine, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
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Sooji Nam, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
One seminal 1978 study demonstrated that sipping warm soup or hot water can help clear out nasal mucus more quickly than drinking cold water or drinking a hot beverage via straw.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
On dry nights, humidifiers may help keep the nasal passages moist, enabling more comfortable sleep.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 23 Feb. 2026
Or just take a break to do some slow, nasal breathing while moving.
—Mark Divine, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nasal
Adjective
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Unlike parts of Chicago and some of the closer-in suburbs, this isn’t an area where strident arguments about the emotional issues that have divided Democrats — support for Israel, for example — play as well with voters.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Under his leadership, Harvard has made tangible progress with even the most strident critics agreeing Harvard is making great progress.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 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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Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have experimentally confirmed a decades-old theory describing how magnetism behaves in ultra-thin materials.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Griffler’s plane towed us high above the foothills on a thin gray rope.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Nasal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nasal. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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