as in to snort
to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping
My husband snores and it keeps me up all night.
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Recent Examples of snore
That’s why one possible sign of OSA is snoring, which can occur when air tries to pass through the narrowed airway.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Lopez, the next booking officer on duty, heard Thomas snoring loudly during his shift.
—Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Symptoms include snoring, gasping during sleep, waking up tired and difficulty falling or staying asleep
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
This condition is caused by the inflammatory proteins that are present in both psoriasis and metabolic syndrome, Dupati says.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 7 July 2025
Sleep tracking is shockingly detailed, tracking things like skin temperature and even snoring.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Lopez, the next booking officer on duty, heard Thomas snoring loudly during his shift.
—Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Symptoms include snoring, gasping during sleep, waking up tired and difficulty falling or staying asleep
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
This condition is caused by the inflammatory proteins that are present in both psoriasis and metabolic syndrome, Dupati says.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 7 July 2025
Sleep tracking is shockingly detailed, tracking things like skin temperature and even snoring.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snore
Verb
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They can be snorted, smoked, injected or taken orally.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Osbourne's outrageous behavior became legend—biting the heads off a dove and a bat, snorting ants, and urinating on the Alamo while wearing his wife's dress.—
Amanda Castro
Gabe Whisnant
Anna Commander
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until Isaac appeared to kiss and sniff Chastain's underarm area.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
29 July 2025
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Miami will need someone to sniff out runs close and makes plays close to the line of scrimmage. ▪ 5.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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Book girlies everywhere breathed out a sigh of relief, and then squealed at the TV, as one of the quintessential Belly-Conrad moments from book 3 delivered everything and more.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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El-Sayed’s theory is that the winning strategies of Bernie Sanders have never gotten a chance to breathe in Michigan.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Snore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snore. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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