nose
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As we crossed over into the Westfjords, she pressed her nose against the glass, taking in the vast, peopleless landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 15, 2026
Debris from the separate Saturday attack, meanwhile, damaged the nose of a Boeing 787, according to the insurance report.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 14, 2026
"She just does a survey with her nose, essentially, she can pinpoint exactly where it is, so it's much easier," she said.
From BBC β Oct. 14, 2026
As a teenager, Gillian Maegan Montalbo had pimples that weren’t too bad — just a few bumps on her forehead and nose.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2026
One dog—named Lad—had his nose jammed squarely in my mouth, another was in my armpit.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
They then positioned the cup about 30 cm from their noses and left it there overnight.
From Science Daily β Oct. 6, 2026
If there were any time to turn our noses up in defiance and refuse to engage with anything less than quality, it’s now.
From Salon β Sep. 11, 2026
Across the pavements, residential areas and public spaces of African cities, the informal economy is booming under the noses of authorities, who are often powerless to stop it.
From Barron's β Sep. 9, 2026
The staff’s “rebellion,” Ms. Rogoyska tells us, lay “not in poisoning the Germans’ soup but in keeping something hidden from their masters, right under their noses: the finest wine, and perhaps a few men, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 16, 2026
But do not forget to put the cotton plugs up your noses.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
All I know is that when Pebble Beach’s traffic control staff forced me to execute a tricky U-turn on a narrow road—at night, in front of witnesses—the Multistrada nosed around beautifully.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 29, 2026
The champions nosed ahead through a Lewandowski penalty on 10 minutes after Marcos Alonso handled Fermin Lopez's shot, but Celta equalised a minute later.
From Barron's β Nov. 9, 2025
Tracking data show that the plane climbed to 75 feet above the runway, veered right and then nosed into a sudden, steep dive seconds after its 8:08 p.m. takeoff.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 7, 2024
In the current year alone, record sales have nosed ahead of compact discs.
From Salon β Sep. 12, 2024
Northwest of downtown, in the old Scandinavian neighborhood of Ballard, tugboats belching plumes of black smoke nosed long rafts of logs into the locks that would raise them to the level of Lake Washington.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
The entire Crace clan is resisting Susan’s nosing about, imperiling the brand and jeopardizing the Netflix deal.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 3, 2026
Bears, who can weigh up to half a ton and outrun humans, have been breaking into homes looking for food, nosing around schools and rampaging through supermarkets.
From Barron's β Dec. 26, 2025
“Waiting on the End of the World” is the standout of the three choices, nosing ahead because there’s a great guitar line that winds through and both grounds and elevates the song.
From Salon β Jul. 8, 2025
She was out shopping recently when a store employee told her she had seen an immigration agent nosing around the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 18, 2025
Someone was just nosing around my feed, checking out my specs and sending me all these images.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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