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“Peter was always right there off-camera becoming an ape, snorting, sniffing, acting out and getting the performers into the mood,” says Saxon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

For sleep, participants were asked about snorting, gasping or breathing pauses in their sleep.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Through a sky-high snorting giggle she tells Ri'Chard, "I just realized I may have the most power because I don't have any power!"

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

“He was snorting and blowing water out of his nose,” Mitchell testified.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2022

If he’d tried to say anything, could he have gotten the words out without snorting or belching or stammering or doing something else that made him seem like a total dork?

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix