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Popular on Variety During the screening, audience members at the Roy Thomson Hall broke into applause several times and sniffled at more poignant moments in the film.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
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Google is training one of its foundational AI models to listen for signs of disease using sound signals, like coughing, sneezing, and sniffling.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 30 Aug. 2024
For me, my trigger sounds (slurping, crunching, chewing, sniffling) physically hurt me.
—Imbi Neeme, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2024
The story is dense with the kind of tragedy that leaves audience members sniffling in their seats.
—The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
These are the 10 most unionized cities in America
Google is training one of its foundational AI models to listen for signs of disease using sound signals, like coughing, sneezing, and sniffling.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 30 Aug. 2024
For me, my trigger sounds (slurping, crunching, chewing, sniffling) physically hurt me.
—Imbi Neeme, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2024
The story is dense with the kind of tragedy that leaves audience members sniffling in their seats.
—The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
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Advertisement Residents, government officials and experts say the town is a model for coping with dramatic shifts and attribute it to the rural mindset that focuses on fixing, not whining.Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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The video shows Daisy standing and staring out the window, whining and panting as a shelter member tries to comfort her.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Tom Felton, who played the sniveling Slytherin in every Potter film, wrote a tribute to the actress on Instagram.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2024
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Still, the war between the virtuous Autobots and the sniveling Decepticons has enough sheer weirdness to it to serve as inspiration for compelling fiction, even if Michael Bay has never managed to crack that code.Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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And in one particularly disturbing scene, Oliver gets intoxicated, begins repeatedly hitting himself in the face and rushes toward the balcony sobbing.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Minnesota governor's son was thrust into the national spotlight in August when he was filmed sobbing and cheering on his father at the Democratic National Convention.Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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But Jenny accuses her of not having a soul, then runs away, crying.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
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First of all, the breathless cries about the imminency of WWIII have been wrong, every single day, since February 2022, when Russia invaded.Dan Crenshaw, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
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Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food.Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground.Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
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Despite being administered morphine, Celine constantly whimpered in pain.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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In the video, one of the woman’s young daughters whimpers and the other clasps tightly to her distraught, Mickey ears headband-wearing mother while begging strangers for help.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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The dog owner can be seen bending over and weeping, while her pup stayed close by.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Best Phil sight gag: weeping in response to overhearing Jay say nice things about him.Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Traumatized doesn’t begin to describe Emily’s reaction as Shawkat slowly starts bawling in disbelief.Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Frieda, now entirely incapable of playing nice, taking big, blatant swipes at her daughters, Shelly grimly staring at the board, and finally, Nancy bawling, and stomping out of the room.Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Sniffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniffle. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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