Word: nosing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then he went to inspect a submarine, turned up later at the enlisted men's beach for his daily dip and a two-hour sunning. The red of his nose was peeling and turning to tan. He lolled in the sand in a T-shirt and white duck trousers, a canvas helmet shading his face. He looked like a man without a care in the world...
...imperious nose resembling a mountain bird's beak, Don Francesco majestically strides along under an immense faded green umbrella; its edges are much frayed by rubbing against the grey stone walls that lean over the narrow, cobbled streets. Shepherds, wrapped in lambskins, and black-shawled women bow low to let the priest's umbrella sweep over them as he sails by. "God be with you, Don Francesco," say the men. "God preserve you and us," say the women...
...Iron-grey, Argentine-bred Talon charged from last place to first to nose out On Trust in California's $102,500 Santa An ita Handicap, the world's richest race. In Florida's Flamingo Stakes, the horse that is supposed to have the inside track on the 1948 Kentucky Derby - Citation -romped home by six lengths in near track-record time...
...Such romantic dialogue as: "Listen, darling, they're playing our song"; "Violets ! Oh darling, you remembered"; "Oh, Keith, darling, look! The stars are so close you could reach out and stir them around"; "Oooh! The bubbles tickle my nose...
...Puritans held a slim 20 to 18 edge at halftime, and had to battle all the way to nose out the stubborn Gold Coasters. It was the Winthrop quintet's eleventh win, against one defeat. Dan Stevens registered eight points for the winners, while Evan Nanoff chalked up 11 for Adams...