whiff
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But many of Reddit’s de facto rulers—the unpaid, mostly-anonymous moderators who police each subreddit and wield automated management tools—are determined to keep any other whiff of marketing out of the organic feeds they lovingly cultivate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
If every Miyazaki movie has a whiff of biographical relevance, one might see “Kiki’s Delivery Service” as his statement of creative purpose and motivation.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Saito stood in line for about 45 minutes to catch a whiff, which Saito said “smelled like a trash room.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
A big whiff of inflation also permeated the S&P report.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
He shrugged innocently, the gesture releasing a strong whiff of cologne.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
For now, he keeps squandering his Marvel breaks on whiffs like “Cherry” and “Uncharted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
In referencing punk culture, Gyllenhaal whiffs her mark, which is somehow even more punk.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
He had gotten whiffs on each of the first 11 non-fastballs he threw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
His fastball averaged only 88.4 mph, down a tick from its already diminished average, and it generated no whiffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2025
I get whiffs of it whenever we stumble into each other on the way to school.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
Collectively, Wall Street has whiffed on its forecasts in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
In their mutual aim for a modern twist on a timeless classic, both the star-studded, multi-million dollar Apple TV+ movie and the low-budget indie comedy whiffed it entirely.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
The Dodgers offered at 10 of them—and whiffed on seven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Freddie Freeman whiffed on a curveball after him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
When scents of frying oil and incense whiffed past me, I knew Chinatown was just the next block over.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
But when they did try to attack it, they could do nothing with it, whiffing on the pitch five times and recording outs on the only two that were put in play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025
Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani each struck out on three pitches from Rangers setup man David Robertson, Betts swinging through a 93-mph cut-fastball and Ohtani whiffing on an 86-mph, down-and-in knuckle-curve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
Right-handed hitters haven’t fared much better against his splitter, and hitters overall are whiffing on 33.3% of their swings against it.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Besides whiffing on his pass to clear the puck on Montreal’s first goal, Hill said he was happy with his performance while improving to 5-0-1 after the first month of the season.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
By day nineteen after the whiffing incident, when they hadn’t had any bloody noses, Peter Jahrling and Tom Geisbert began to regard themselves as definite survivors.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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