nose

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On “Anatomical Fable of the Elements,” atop a snaky bassline and a throbbing beat, Ms. Muldrow poses questions: “Is your nose witness to the sweet life?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

From the nose down, Duong said, his whole body was fine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Weeks later, doctors discovered he had staph infection - which is caused by staphylococcus, a germ that lives in the nose of one in three people and can enter the body through a cut.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

My shawl slipped away from my face and I held my arm up across my nose and mouth and breathed in, kept breathing.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff