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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
Beatrix is forcing Charlie to drive her to a safe house, where the human lie detector will use her special talent to sniff out … whichever rodent term is appropriate here.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
Most hitters would rather sniff pine tar than face Estrada’s blend of 97-mph fastball, a devastating splitter and a sharp slider.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
Any dog breed can exhibit signs of jealousy, which may include getting in between their owner and another pet, whining, barking, or growling when their owner pays another pet or person attention.
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Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park.
The heart-rate sensor is impressively accurate, and the watch handles everything from workouts to snoring detection with ease.
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Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
13 May 2025
So prepare to be surprised! 'Survivor 48' recap: Star gets a bad rap
'Survivor 48' rap legend Star Toomey tried to vote Mitch out for snoring
Star Toomey
The best Survivor season was the one with Sandra, Boston Rob, and Parvati — Heroes vs. Villains.
But the facility wasn’t up to snuff for NASCAR to return in 2014 — a product of the facility getting worse with time — and at that point, the racing seemed forever lost.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Apr. 2025
San Diego’s carpet game may be up to snuff for two reasons.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
This raw, vulnerable and unpredictable version of Tiffany Haddish leaves the viewer crying with laughter and sobbing from heartfelt, relatable, real-time self-healing.
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Matt Minton,
Variety,
9 May 2025
The father buried his face into a pew’s rail and sobbed.
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