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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
When Mochi nosed the one with truffles, Pera gave him a treat.
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Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
Miutine is the brand’s first fragrance launch under licensee L’Oréal, and the juice was nosed by IFF master perfumer Dominique Ropion.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
Miutine is the brand’s first fragrance launch under licensee L’Oréal, and the juice was nosed by IFF master perfumer Dominique Ropion.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nosed
Verb
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Last July, a K-9 sniffed out $1 million worth of cocaine in a Chicago drug bust.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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But after just one shot at hosting it in 2011, the Cowboys haven’t sniffed another crack at the big game.—
Nick Harris
April 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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During the arrest, a large crowd surrounded officers and interfered by yelling profanities and racial slurs, police said.—
Robert A. Cronkleton
March 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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With many fans cheering him on, one interfered and led him off course.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Families of the victims grew doubtful that their killer would ever be caught as the investigation dragged on for more than a decade.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Milne had grabbed his wife by the neck, choked her, dragged her around, restrained her, punched her and knocked her unconscious.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The house still smelled of timber, paint, concrete dust.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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The flesh looked like a human brain and smelled like rotten hamburger meat wrapped in gym socks wrapped in butt.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Escarra messed with the torpedoes in 2025, but never committed.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The models who went all the way were the ones who ceded to Banks’s worldview, who agreed to have their hair dyed and their teeth messed with and their bodies altered.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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Margot, who works for a social-media platform called Kino and shares a New Orleans apartment with her bestie, Ryan (Aaron Holliday), has only just crawled out of a dark period and doesn’t require much to teeter back in.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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As a toddler, Gabriela crawled about the UCLA clubhouse at reunions.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Peppermint oil used as aromatherapy should be inhaled directly from the bottle or through a diffuser.—
T'Keyah Bazin,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2026
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Several fungal species are most often carried by dust and other soil disturbances, posing health risks when inhaled.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Wrencher said Russell once tied her to a chair, poked her with a knife, and threatened to burn the house down, the son said.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Both characteristics were on full display when Drasner hit the local airwaves with a television commercial that promoted The News and poked fun at one of its upstart rivals.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosed. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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