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nosing

verb

Definition of nosing

present participle of nose

as in sniffing

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 interfering

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 dragging

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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Verb

If the Jazz are sniffing around the Play-In or more, Peterson will get a lot of attention.

— The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 27 July 2026
The plot involves Brian trying to get out of an emotional and psychological rut by volunteering to be a drug-sniffing dog for the local police force.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

Definition of sniffing

Verb

In her role as well as elsewhere, Kalle downplays the explicit homophobia that might have rendered this a more simplistic allegory, making Asla less a figure of interfering jealousy than a woman who simply doesn’t want to be abandoned yet again.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
The actions mark a sharp break with a US practice of handling bilateral disputes largely behind closed doors, and not openly interfering in Mexican politics.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of interfering

Verb

The European Space Agency’s ClearSpace-1, planned for 2029, tackles the harder case by capturing the unprepared, noncooperative Proba-1 satellite and dragging it down to burn up.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Lebanon's top political leadership criticized Hezbollah for dragging the country into another war, but also condemned Israel for its widespread bombing and ground invasion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of dragging

Verb

This eau de parfum, in particular, balances fruity and floral well—without smelling like your grandma’s perfume that’s been on her vanities for decades.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 July 2026
After a minute or two, a spray of water came from the hole, smelling suspiciously like the Newtown Creek.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

Definition of smelling

Verb

The only person who isn’t happy to see a trash panda crawling into her home is Kesha, who posted a video of herself trying to keep out a raccoon.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 July 2026
One thing that Antetokounmpo doesn’t like about South Florida, though, are the iguanas crawling around.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of crawling

Verb

Health effects from inhaling wildfire smoke But the effects are sweeping, said Hayden, who has developed real-time mapping of mortality estimates from wildfire smoke.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026
In many cases, people contract the disease by inhaling tiny droplets of contaminated water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

Definition of inhaling

Verb

Instead, her dad looks under the table and sees a jumble of limbs with Chastain’s smiling face poking out at him.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026
This included one of their players poking a finger into the ear of the Belgian penalty-spot protector Diego Moreira, and responding to the reactionary elbow to the tummy by going down, and staying down, on top of the penalty mark.

— Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of poking

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