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How a mold sniffing dog works A dog’s sense of smell is anywhere from 1,000 to 100,000 times better than a human’s, according to VCA Animal Hospitals.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2026 -
One of the newest mold sniffing dogs is Spore, who works for 1-800 Water Damage in North Dakota.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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Last week, the whining noise of unmanned flying objects could be heard in the city of Moscow once again.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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Luke's demise and Boyega's whining about the Black stormtrooper weren't the only reasons Disney's three movies failed.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Nasal dilators are flexible devices designed to open the nostrils and improve airflow, often used to reduce snoring or ease nighttime breathing.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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When Back Sleeping Isn’t the Move People with obstructive sleep apnea or chronic snoring should avoid it.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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But Flynn also oozes sniveling self-righteousness while hotly defending and petitioning for childhood innocence (amusing hints emerge that the daughter is a somewhat lazy and dim underachiever).—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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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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The lefty has premium stuff and showed it again Thursday, snuffing out Seattle’s best chance to win the game.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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In these examples at the London Stadium, Yoro’s positioning initially cuts off the option to square a pass, pushing the player to have to keep the ball and shoot, before snuffing that out with a block.—
Ian Irving,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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As the timer passed seven minutes, Steve Eckert exhorted a whimpering young man to dunk his head underwater.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In a large tent, veterinarians and volunteers work together to place an IV into the leg of a small, whimpering puppy.—
Tavleen Tarrant,
NBC news,
28 Dec. 2025
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An 11-pound girl in Alabama stopped breathing for 20 seconds at a time.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Virginia Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief Friday after the state Supreme Court blocked the new congressional map approved by voters last month.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2026
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Agreed, there’s incredible power in those close-ups of people singing and sobbing along with Eilish’s songs.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The thirty-something sobbing on the shoreline over another lost pregnancy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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“Snuffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffling. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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