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Also, value investors who previously stayed away from the sector are sniffing around.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

The post featured a roughly 40-second video titled, “Limburger,” that shows pictures of garbage, feces, old cheese, and soiled diapers, while voices in the video are sniffing and coughing.

From Washington Times • Dec. 25, 2023

The Lib Dems are sniffing around, whether it's Surrey or Stockport, trying to build back their base.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

At a time when regulators are stretched and journalists are underfunded, they say, it’s activist short sellers who are sniffing out corporate fraud.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2022

And, ten to one, while you are there, the caribou are sniffing your snowshoe track suspiciously back on the barrens that you have just left.

From Wilderness Ways by Copeland, Charles