as in snorts
to inhale and exhale noisily while sleeping
My husband snores and it keeps me up all night.
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Recent Examples of snores
But not everyone who snores has sleep apnea, and not everyone with sleep apnea snores.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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In one recent video, Stella sniffs Mia’s infant daughter and then presses the button for her name.—
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And above all, treat visibility not as a one-time performance, but as a professional habit that breathes life into your career trajectory.—
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9 Sep. 2025
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Now the forest breathes with evil, and a vampire lord has risen.—
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Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Snores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snores. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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