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Recent Examples of snuffle
In front of them, warthogs snuffled around in the grass.
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffle
Verb
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Bomb-sniffing dogs were at the scene.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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Additionally, the department will activate its special units, like SWAT and bomb-sniffing dogs.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The cooler weather may provide some relief for those sniffling and sneezing due to pollen.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Michtom persisted, ending up, in 1937, with a doll that could drink, sniffle, cry, and pee into a diaper that little girls delighted in changing.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This often results in a choking, snorting, or gasping sound as normal breathing resumes.—
Daniel Combs,
Verywell Health,
9 Mar. 2026
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Court documents allege an informant witnessed Clifton snorting cocaine near firearms during a drug deal at his residence.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Somewhere in the next hour after the field is announced, there will be contemplation and whining about the specter of the NCAA growing its postseason field, most likely to 76 teams.—
Mac Engel
March 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Mar. 2026
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Ellie stomps back to the crew mess to whine about it to Jenna and Ben.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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My father was a lump under the covers, snoring a thick growl.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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Wilder slept through an entire lunch at Raffles, oblivious to the art deco glamour around him, and during our first food tour in Singapore, Ross carried him—dead weight, snoring—in the 90-degree heat while our guide gamely described chili sauces.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Faced with the sniveling sum of these failures, Garfield is startled but compassionate.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Indianapolis police and community leaders say the change gives officers more leeway to snuff out criminal activity at an underachieving site where many people feel uneasy.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
3 Mar. 2026
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Loki responds by aiming his mace to obliterate the old man, ready to snuff out his act of defiance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And right now, Taylor cannot stop herself from initiating phone sex with Dakota even while sobbing over his indiscretions at Vanderpump Villa.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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In one call, a man is heard sobbing after being assaulted by another detainee.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Snuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffle. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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