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nosed

verb

Definition of nosed

past tense of nose

as in sniffed

to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose could nose the garbage from across the street

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as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern a neighbor who likes to nose around in everyone else's business

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as in dragged

to move slowly the line to get tickets is just nosing, so we are going to be here for a while

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Recent Examples of nosed Sometimes a small dog nosed in the door and curled up by the space heater. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 But the thoroughbred colt nosed his way into the action down the stretch, and suddenly Golden Tempo and jockey Jose Ortiz were streaking past the field, favorites in the rear view. — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 3 May 2026 The scents were nosed by Lyn Harris and developed via Robertet, and the bottles — inspired by 19th century Chinese snuff bottles — feature porcelain caps designed by Jonathan Yamakami. — James Manso, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026 When Mochi nosed the one with truffles, Pera gave him a treat. — Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026

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Verb

On land, cadaver dogs sniffed the shore for any trace of Lynette.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Deputies once again conducted a traffic stop, and a police dog sniffed out illicit substances.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026

Definition of sniffed

Verb

Two men dragged a third into the emergency room and laid him on the floor, according to footage shown in court.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
His efforts dragged him into a love triangle with Annis and her former partner, Corbin Mims, which ultimately left Caleb single ahead of Casa Amor, the show’s midseason twist.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of dragged

Verb

My father used a powerful glue to reassemble the cowboy, which twenty-five years later still smelled like orange peels.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Definition of smelled

Verb

Hull testified that Robinson later returned in different clothing, walking with a limp, rolled onto the roof of a building on campus and crawled to the edge of the rooftop around the time the shot was fired.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of crawled

Verb

After a scrappy passage of play in which Morocco failed to clear their lines, Desire Doue poked a loose ball to Mbappe on the left edge of the area.

— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 July 2026
But Ecuador’s Gonzalo Plata stuck up his left foot, just in front of Neuer, and poked the ball into the net.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026

Definition of poked

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