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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
Miutine is the brand’s first fragrance launch under licensee L’Oréal, and the juice was nosed by IFF master perfumer Dominique Ropion.
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James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosed
Verb
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Moehrig would later produce a huge third down stop for a loss of five yards as the Packers sniffed the end zone in the fourth quarter.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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The game may not have even sniffed extra innings without the game from Shohei Ohtani.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With too many possible paths through memory, competing features and priorities interfered, which meant no retrieval strategy gained control — none were selected — so the search couldn’t begin.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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But a thing called the Civil War interfered.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As biologists began to accept that the smallest of the whales had perished, the rescue work dragged past its second week.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Americas slipped 2%, dragged by softer performance in department stores.—
Maliha Shoaib,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The home smelled so bad that my clients and I still joke about it.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The cafeteria smelled the same.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Modern Wall Street has killed just about everything cool that walks or crawled at one time or another.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The van’s driver then crawled out of his vehicle’s window, crossed over a median and was instantly struck by a car speeding in the opposite direction, which was broadcast by the news helicopter following the chase.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Health and Safety Concerns Proper ventilation is vital when using bleach because bleach fumes can be harmful if inhaled.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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Its use was banned in many countries around the turn of the millennium amid concerns that the fibers, when airborne, could result in potentially fatal lung diseases if inhaled.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lovato poked fun at herself, dressing as a meme from 2014.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Marcus poked out his bottom lip, but no whining this time.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosed. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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