snore
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The way they speed and slow, roar and snore, constantly balancing thrust to counteract changing winds?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
For example, named storm number four will be Dave, described by the nominator as named for "my beloved husband who can snore three times louder than any storm".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
The goal was to keep his stay stress-free so he could snore without interruption.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
One or two of the sleeping children muttered or whimpered in their sleep as he passed, and the nun in the bed at the end gave a soft shuddering snore and turned over.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
She says Betty is now "very eager to learn. She snores but other than that she's really quite incredible".
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
When Aggie describes the project that has her stymied—a book on the relationship between Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia—he snores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
When a human being or another mammal snores, it's because air is flowing past the soft tissues in the pharyngeal airway, such as the tongue, soft palette and throat muscles.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
Union jabbed back at her husband of nearly eight years, revealing that he snores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
I was savoring the sound of Muthu’s snores rising and falling in concert with yours, after telling you our bedtime tale, when I heard Arul sneaking out of his tent.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Around her, people snored, babies cried and dogs barked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
She added that she thought surgery would work because Debbie had not snored before her accident.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024
She said, “Don’t tell your grandfather, but I don’t mind a few hells and damns. Besides, that egg man snored to beat the band.”
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
That trial had heard Mr Kempster's snoring had annoyed Desborough.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Milo Puhan, an epidemiologist at the University of Zurich who won a 2017 Ig Nobel for showing that playing the didgeridoo can alleviate snoring, welcomed the move.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
According to a concept video, AVA can watch and listen—“You were snoring again”—and even coach your gaming live.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
When Korpi creeps through a gauntlet of sleeping soldiers, you hope they stay snoring for their own safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The next time I surface, Camel is lying flat on the cot, snoring, and Walter sits on the horse blanket in the corner with the lamp beside him and a book in his lap.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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