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Word: sniff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Just ask her out. On second thought you should talk to your friend. Well, maybe not...I don't know. It's the last fifteen minutes of the year (sniff) and Norma is off to go shopping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norma, am I evil and misguided? | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

...genericism of most of the script is the most emotional line he utters during the movie, in which he tells his girlfriend that he has to pursue his dream: "If I don't go now, I won't be any good to you, or to me, or to anybody." Sniff...

Author: By Roan Kang, | Title: Tiny Tackler | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

...each year. Gear sales and Interior Department figures suggest that 4.1 million people across the nation do some variety of mountaineering each year. Many of the newcomers arrive, wearing Lycra, by way of the local indoor climbing walls. Some won't get far from their cars, but others will sniff the wind blowing from the back country. Accident figures and rescue costs will rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventure: Mountaineering: No Room at the Top | 6/14/1993 | See Source »

...smell the difference between burnt vanilla and worn socks? If so, you might pass the test to get a new job with Japan's Environment Agency. It is recruiting human bloodhounds to sniff out sources of the foul odors that generate 10,000 complaints each year from the fastidious Japanese. Officials have used machines to track down smells, but these olfactometers are no substitute for the human nostril. "Measurement of offensive odors," says Manami Fujikura of the agency's special-pollution division, "needs expert , knowledge and technique." And a strong stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Job Stinks | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...like Tupperware because the dogs that search for drugs can't sniff through that guaranteed air and liquid-tight seal," says Daniel N. Webb...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Not Just For Homemakers Anymore... | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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