snouts

plural of snout
as in noses
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity dogs and their owners must grow to resemble one another, as that man and his basset hound have remarkably similar snouts

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Recent Examples of snouts The species is distinguished by relatively large ears and broad snouts covered with fine hairs. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026 Halligan said breeds with short snouts like Bulldogs, Bullmastiffs and Pekingese pups are at greater risk, so are overweight animals and dogs with dark fur. Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee. Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 Many hot weather dogs have longer snouts. Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Those strolling around downtown Dallas this weekend might have noticed more tails, claws and snouts than usual. Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026 Sharks are able to detect weak electric signals using the pores on their snouts that act as electroreceptors, which helps them with navigation and prey detection. IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025 However, the trading bloc is a major exporter of pork and key supplier of byproducts such as ears, snouts, feet and other items considered to be delicacies in China. Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
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noses
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  • Organized crime operations from several cities, including Chicago, New York and Detroit, had established control of casinos up and down the Vegas Strip and devised schemes to skim percentages of the cash under the noses of state regulators.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The presentation was fascinating — from the polka dots and lighting affects to the oversized noses (with Khn’s standing out like a French baguette and Klek’s swinging about like a cucumber taped where the nostrils should go).
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Snouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snouts. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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