have nosed

• present perfect

  present perfect

  Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.

  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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have nosed

In the current year alone, record sales have nosed ahead of compact discs.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

I’m mulling my next book project and have nosed around a few topics.

From Fox News ● Jul. 9, 2019

Since the dams have come down, some of the sturgeon have nosed upstream into the newly free-flowing river.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2016

Before everyone has come to a stop on the flat, four-lane straightaway, a Toyota and a Honda have nosed up to an invisible starting line.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because if I hadn’t, she’d have nosed round broadside to the waves and foundered with the weight of the water pouring down on her lower wing sections.

From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Noel Sainsbury

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