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snore

[snawr, snohr] / snɔr, snoʊr /
VERB
make sounds when sleeping
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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

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

Who’s got this little nose ... and they snore together.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

One or two of the sleeping children muttered or whimpered in their sleep as he passed, and the nun in the bed at the end gave a soft shuddering snore and turned over.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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