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nose

noun as in smelling organ of animate being

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It’s funny, then, that the people nosing their way past the lines Allen draws and into her personal life are the same ones hoping for Harbour and Allen to be symbols of morality.

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That’s a lot of money to be thrown around promoting more sports gambling, making it harder for governments to regulate and for sports leagues to turn up their noses at the income.

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So, I grabbed him by his halter and gave that talk and patted him on the nose.

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But Vaughan - on his only tour of Australia - bloodied some noses and learned valuable lessons about how to beat the men in baggy green caps.

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Before the eye poke took place, Aspinall was sporting the most damage out of the two, with blood pouring from his nose.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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