sniff
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Lee reaches to sniff some hardy Cleveland sage 4.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Officials such as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the plan was to right-size the staff and introduce more technology to sniff out unpaid tax bills.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
"If you were to sniff a bag of cocoa shells, you would be really struck by the intense chocolatey nature of it," says Andy Clayton, Fermtech's CEO.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Private fund managers may sniff that the JPMorgan CEO is arguing his book here, but he’s right about the relative lack of transparency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
I sniffed a great sniff, and Mama said, “Do you want to tell me what happened between you and Declaration?”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Vocabulary lists containing sniff
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