nose
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“I’m Indian and wanted to keep my ethnic authenticity, and to avoid looking like I had a nose job,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Most on the nose was 2013’s Elysium, in which healthcare is sporadic on a post-collapse Earth.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The outermost end is called the distal tip, or the "nose" of the fiber.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
But later that year he apologised for a costume he wore which included a black wig, beard and a fake hooked nose, which critics said was antisemitic.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Look at the size of that beast,” she said, twitching her little nose like Mallons’ goat.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Ultimately, it was a tale of Chelsea's attack not firing, and the team then falling apart after Brentford got their noses in front.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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 ● Sep. 11, 2026
The party was a little livelier than your typical book launch: Heiser says it “featured a reading backed by an excellent jazz trio, ceramic noses, a scent-maker, mimes and speed therapy, among many other things.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the seaside resort of Palma de Majorca in the Balearic Islands, tourists, many in swimsuits, some standing in the water, watched the eclipse closely, protective glasses perched on noses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Friends have germs. Their noses drip. They cough all over you. I’m much healthier without them.”
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
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He nosed out Mondego but was a head behind Atomic Age, who was half a length behind Atitlan, who was a neck behind Test Score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
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 ● 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 ● Nov. 9, 2025
Norris had previously nosed slightly ahead on the straight approaching the corner.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
We were all sitting on the verandah, talking, when Father Amadi s car nosed its way to the front of the flat.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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It has returned 15.8% a year over the past decade, nosing out the benchmark index, which has returned 15.6%, through May 8.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
After a laborious setup of some 40 minutes, Blanc finally starts nosing around the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 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 ● Jul. 8, 2025
"When mami was pulled out of the cellar I had customers coming around to me and looking and nosing at what was going on."
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024
With her bright button eyes and pointy snout nosing into Molly’s business, Lori reminds her of a ferret.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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