snore
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By Sunday night, it counted as a relative snore when the Patriots and Chargers entered the final 15 minutes of their matchup locked in a one-score game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
On a few occasions he lifts his head to take a deep breath without opening his eyes, at one point beginning to snore softly.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 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
The goal was to keep his stay stress-free so he could snore without interruption.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
What ages it seemed before Daddy and Mother came upstairs, before they were finally finished in the bathroom and had climbed into bed, before Daddy finally began to snore!
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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 Aggie describes the project that has her stymied—a book on the relationship between Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia—he snores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Indeed, sleep apnea may be yet another of the great undiagnosed epidemics: Virtually anyone who snores is at the very least on the spectrum for sleep apnea, as Sullivan pointed out.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2023
Union jabbed back at her husband of nearly eight years, revealing that he snores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
He could hear crickets and the hoot of an owl, and from the room inside, the soft snores of a family who would be relieved in the morning when he wasn’t there.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 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
She added that she thought surgery would work because Debbie had not snored before her accident.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024
Wrapped around the rim of the left wheel, a spotted python snored loudly.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
As snoring is relatively common, it is often left untreated and dismissed as a harmless irritation.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sure enough, three seconds later the little loudmouth was back to snoring.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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