sniff
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After starting eight successive matches as England's 10 between summer 2024 and the second round of last year's Six Nations, Marcus Smith has not had another sniff of the shirt.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The bond vigilantes, as first coined by Wall Street veteran Ed Yardeni, sniff out government largess, corporate profligacy, geopolitical tremors, and inflation risks long before other financial assets and respond in kind.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Rampling crackles as a matriarch who can sniff out her kids’ lies and insecurities but has the good manners not to say anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
In some cases, the officers are meant to sniff out any scent of treason or collaboration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
I sniff the air, and it stinks of human smells, but there, on the weak breeze from the direction of sunrise, I smell coyote.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Vocabulary lists containing sniff
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