snore
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The way they speed and slow, roar and snore, constantly balancing thrust to counteract changing winds?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
"With the AI, it can be trained to know what you sound like specifically when you snore," a representative insists.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
Weight gain, for example, can increase the risk of developing a condition like sleep apnea, which can cause you to snore, gasp for air or feel like you’re choking while you’re sleeping.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Soon, I covered up with her blanket and pretended to snore, congratulating myself the whole time.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
As for Godzilla, it snores like a kitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Aside from being a general nuisance with their ferocious snores, pungent odors and growls, bears can do serious damage to a home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
She says Betty is now "very eager to learn. She snores but other than that she's really quite incredible".
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
When a human being or another mammal snores, it's because air is flowing past the soft tissues in the pharyngeal airway, such as the tongue, soft palette and throat muscles.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
I lay in the dark, the criminal snores of my brother honking in the bunk beneath me, and I thought of my mother’s sweet smile.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
As he snored companionably, I wondered how I’d handle our next progression, whatever that would be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Around her, people snored, babies cried and dogs barked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
However, these teens who snored did not exhibit any differences in their reading and language abilities, nor any difference on memory or cognitive processing tests compared to their peers who did not snore.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
He snored gently, and for a moment the corners of his mouth turned upward in a smile.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
But witnesses said that Pike remained awake longer than expected and was later heard "loudly snoring" before an ambulance rushed her to a nearby hospital.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The condemned woman was "loudly snoring, clearly very alive" as the journalists were ushered out of the area, Chandler told CBS.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
We always have grand plans about watching a movie or whatever, and then we’re both inevitably snoring by 10 p.m. at the latest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And 75% of people with a snoring partner say they have had their sleep impacted, according to a US survey by the Sleep Foundation.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Fflewddur, at first uneasy, was finally convinced the bear had no appetite for bards, and soon began snoring.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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