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had nosed

  • past perfect
    of nose.
    nose
    noun
    the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.

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Although big Paul Derringer had pitched a magnificent game, the Yankees, with a magician at every position, had nosed out the Reds, 2-to-1.

From Time Magazine Archive

British warships led by the aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible had nosed into position around the Falklands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captained by Commander Richard Hetherington O'Kane, the Tang had nosed into the strait on her fifth war patrol in October 1944.

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Sir Hubert had water-filled her diving chambers, had nosed under vast cakes of ice.

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By the time the three boats passed under the railroad bridge at mile three, Cornell had nosed out in front.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown