as in snorts
to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping
My husband snores and it keeps me up all night.
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Luz inserts the construction pole; Susana sniffs.
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The look of sheer repressed, stymied rage/laughter on Raph’s face when Paul sniffs the Oreos instead is one of the episode’s biggest laughs.
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The music stops abruptly as the Grammy winner breathes deeply and even seems to stumble backward at one point.
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Measles spread through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs or sneezes, and the virus can stay in the air and on surfaces for many hours, the Los Angeles County public health department said.
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“Snores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snores. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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