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Recent Examples of snuffleClick for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010 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 Local residents popped in to buy vegetables from a shack built out of recycled materials, while an enormous sow snuffled in the heather beside a vegetable garden.—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 23 Aug. 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 At night, wild boars snuffled outside the tents, searching for food scraps.—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020 If any swine is fit to be an organ donor for people, then the dozens of pigs snuffling around Qihan Bio’s facility in Hangzhou, China, may be the best candidates so far.—Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 19 Dec. 2019
The dog should be allowed to approach the child in their own time, to sniff and explore, and parents should ensure the puppy is comfortable before allowing your child to rub them.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
On Sunday, the Hollywood icon — who calls Ocala, Fla., home — posted an innocent photo of his dog sniffing a Lindt rabbit wrapped in gold foil.
Gus wandered up to my husband wagging his tail and snorting with excitement.
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Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Sometimes people are aspiring to be more productive or to stay awake, but the drugs are also used recreationally, and can produce a high by swallowing, smoking or snorting the medication — or injecting it into the bloodstream.
The Context Mendoza was the third person executed in Texas this year, and the 13th in the U.S.
After the injection was administered, Mendoza was heard making two loud gasps and then began snoring, according to The Associated Press (AP).
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Amy then starts snoring, falling asleep on the table.
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