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Recent Examples of snuffle
Click for more > Clearly, this is no ordinary sea creature quietly snuffling the currents.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
Local residents popped in to buy vegetables from a shack built out of recycled materials, while an enormous sow snuffled in the heather beside a vegetable garden.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
At night, wild boars snuffled outside the tents, searching for food scraps.
—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
If any swine is fit to be an organ donor for people, then the dozens of pigs snuffling around Qihan Bio’s facility in Hangzhou, China, may be the best candidates so far.
—Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 19 Dec. 2019
IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2010
Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
Local residents popped in to buy vegetables from a shack built out of recycled materials, while an enormous sow snuffled in the heather beside a vegetable garden.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
At night, wild boars snuffled outside the tents, searching for food scraps.
—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
If any swine is fit to be an organ donor for people, then the dozens of pigs snuffling around Qihan Bio’s facility in Hangzhou, China, may be the best candidates so far.
—Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 19 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffle
Verb
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Bring your dog to sniff out eggs filled with treats!—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Also, sniff for lychee, pistachio, bergamot, and Turkish rose.—
Calin Van Paris,
Outside Online,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The creature, with its small eyes, a pink, sniffling nose, and gray spikes that did not hurt but only tickled, did not have a name.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Others may be sniffling all the time due to year-round allergies.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes people are aspiring to be more productive or to stay awake, but the drugs are also used recreationally, and can produce a high by swallowing, smoking or snorting the medication — or injecting it into the bloodstream.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Directly opposite the Pendry stands the notorious Riot House Bar (now Andaz West Hollywood) where Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones snorted and cavorted in the ’60s and ’70s.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Callie hasn’t done much but whine about her suspension and yearn for a more meaningful connection with her mom this season, so a surprise killer role might shake things up for her storyline.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Dave Hyde: No need to overanalyze or whine — Heat suffering from Butler’s sabotage The Heat have lost eight straight games in a season gone south since Jimmy Butler quit on them and was traded.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The heart rate sensor is impressively accurate, and the watch handles everything from workouts to snoring detection with ease.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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As in, kicking my partner every time the snoring started.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But when Aurelius informs his son, Commodus (a sniveling Joaquin Phoenix), the latter murders his father before the decision is made public.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Dec. 2024
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But Sarah had only driven about a block before Jamie called to snivel out an apology.—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
24 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Although demand for e-commerce fulfillment and distribution services was not up to snuff for much of 2024, policy changes in Mexico that abruptly restricted tax-free textile imports into the country accelerated business for those segments within Flexport.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Mar. 2025
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Cam Ward’s reputation as a prospect suffers because the rest of the class is not up to snuff.—
Derrik Klassen,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Further footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows a sobbing LaPlaca in a holding cell consenting to a breathalyzer test, but demanding at the same time that an officer call the township's Chief of Police Anthony Nippins.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor.—
Philip Holsinger,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Snuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuffle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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