as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
independent investigators eventually nosed out proof of White House wrongdoing
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Recent Examples of nose out
With his occasionally brusque manner, his maniacal secrecy about team selection and his refusal to explain his tactical decisions, Luis Enrique put a few noses out of joint in the French media.
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Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Mahomes has mostly kept his nose out of trouble during the 2024 season.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
Shelving the movie put noses out of joint with talks of a potential tax write-down.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Mahomes has mostly kept his nose out of trouble during the 2024 season.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nose out
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Clarendon Hills found itself in the elimination bracket by virtue of a 16-1 loss Wednesday to the Mountain Region and Nevada State champion from Las Vegas, which improved to 2-0 Saturday with a 5-3 win over the Northwest Region champs from Washington.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Du Plessis – who was making the third defense of his belt – had no answer to Chimaev’s grappling and found himself on the mat within the opening minute of the fight.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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Jacob Riis tenants learned from this cautionary tale, voting overwhelmingly against privatization.—
Stacy Torres,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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DiLoreto cut his proverbial coaching teeth learning under longtime Everett coach John DiBiaso, who is now leading Catholic Memorial to unforeseen heights.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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The tribes were forcibly moved onto reservations by the U.S. government in the 19th century when silver and gold were discovered in the mountains north and south of Boise.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Aug. 2025
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The documents with State Department markings, reported by NPR, were discovered in the printer in an Anchorage hotel around 9 a.m., hours before Trump's summit with Putin at a nearby military base.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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This nursery is located in Fulton, near Santa Rosa.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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This involves searching for, locating, identifying and returning the remains of missing service members to their families.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
16 Aug. 2025
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The Senators’ previous owner, the late Eugene Melnyk, put the wheels in motion for a potential project at LeBreton Flats back in 2016, but was never able to get the project off the ground.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Students apply separately to get into magnet programs.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Aug. 2025
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What happens next is anyone’s guess. Stroud, more than anyone, can’t wait to find out.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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For a quick refresher of Season 3 so far, Belly found out that Jeremiah cheated on her with Lacie while on a trip in Cabo.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
13 Aug. 2025
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So instead of one long conveyor, there will be three sub-assemblies that run down their own lines simultaneously and then join together.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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There's a channel that runs down the bottom of the down tube that the cables sit in, held in place by a plastic cover that's screwed onto the frame.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Nose out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nose%20out. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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