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as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught
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Recent Examples of snuff
The Chiefs’ lone sack, with initial pressure from Jones and the finish by Charles Omenihu, snuffed out the Lions’ last best chance.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Rookie defenseman Zeev Buium added a third period power play marker — his first career goal — but again Columbus snuffed out the momentum with a quick answer.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Neither skill was up to snuff in the first two weeks.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
From accidental black holes to worries that chemical experiments might suddenly freeze all Earth’s oceans, this is the story of concerns scientists are on the brink of discovering exotic, deadly new forms of matter or life that might quickly spread, snuffing us out.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Rookie defenseman Zeev Buium added a third period power play marker — his first career goal — but again Columbus snuffed out the momentum with a quick answer.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Neither skill was up to snuff in the first two weeks.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
From accidental black holes to worries that chemical experiments might suddenly freeze all Earth’s oceans, this is the story of concerns scientists are on the brink of discovering exotic, deadly new forms of matter or life that might quickly spread, snuffing us out.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuff
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Moehrig would later produce a huge third down stop for a loss of five yards as the Packers sniffed the end zone in the fourth quarter.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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His worst day with the Broncos, as Barajas joked, couldn’t sniff his worst day in the Navy.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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Trump was close to Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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After he was assassinated in September at Utah Valley University, the first stop on his tour, TPUSA announced Carlson would speak at IU instead.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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Your body gets hunger signals from seeing and smelling food.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Oct. 2025
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The cafeteria smelled the same.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Johnson’s disappearance nearly five years ago put the spotlight on the many cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women that families and activists argued were getting overlooked and dismissed.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rafael Andres, 61, was convicted in 2014 of murdering 31-year-old waitress Yvette Fariñas.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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Health and Safety Concerns Proper ventilation is vital when using bleach because bleach fumes can be harmful if inhaled.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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Competitive freediving events demand that participants inhale nothing but normal air prior to a dive.—
Sean Williams,
Outside,
27 Oct. 2025
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The left hasn't yet matched the reach of conservative influencers who seized on social issues last year, such as Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the 36-yard attempt by Finbar Bresnehan sailed wide right, and the Chieftains finally slayed a seemingly insurmountable opponent.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Pic follows the young protégé of a legendary crime boss, secretly an undercover cop, who is executed before revealing a file that exposes the city’s entire web of corruption.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Hudson, though, reserves her praise for the 16,000 people who execute the organization’s global mission.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of four months in 1956-57, Israeli forces killed as many as 1,500 Palestinians in Gaza.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Listeria infects about 1,250 people in the United States each year, according to the CDC, and kills about 172.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Snuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuff. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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