nose
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They evaluated insulin responsiveness by tracking changes in regional cerebral blood flow after insulin was administered through the nose.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
“Do people sit and watch and want more things when things are blowouts, or do people want more information when it’s decided by a nose hair?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
They ran nose to tail for two laps before Verstappen passed Norris into Turn One on lap 47, Leclerc following him past later in the lap.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
There are metaphors, and there are metaphors, but this one is just too on the nose.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Celia nodded, her little nose as pink as Mallons’ goat, her eyes swollen.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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We once depended on our noses to tell us whether food was fresh, whether something was burning or whether a tannery lay up ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They then positioned the cup about 30 cm from their noses and left it there overnight.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 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
Crucially, Chelsea nipped in at the last minute to sign Willian from under the noses of Spurs, who might argue that was only because of the secret payments.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
They were using their other hands to hold their noses or fan the air in front of their faces.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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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
Tracking data show the plane, owned by 73-year-old pilot Ali Safai, climbed to 75 feet above the runway, veered right and then nosed into a sudden, terrifyingly steep dive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2024
In the current year alone, record sales have nosed ahead of compact discs.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
She nosed it forward for Camilla to see.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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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
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.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 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
Then she glanced with distaste at Nettle, and at last pointed along the street to where a pig was nosing around in the gutter.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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