: having a nose especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
snub-nosed
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The car jumps the curb, and Lance runs out, and the car’s already just nosed into the crash part of that.
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Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
While the 3 retained some of the blunt nosed style of the Polestar 2 and its Volvo predecessors, the 4 is the first production model from the brand to start rolling out the sharper look that debuted on the Precept concept a few years ago and will be coming to other future models.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2023
And also trying to be kind of hard nosed at the same time.
—Paddy O'Connell, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2023
About 50 times a day these sleek, long-nosed javelins shoot across the baking-hot deserts of Saudi Arabia, reaching speeds of up to 300 kph (186 mph) carrying pilgrims and other passengers.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
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Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
While the 3 retained some of the blunt nosed style of the Polestar 2 and its Volvo predecessors, the 4 is the first production model from the brand to start rolling out the sharper look that debuted on the Precept concept a few years ago and will be coming to other future models.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2023
And also trying to be kind of hard nosed at the same time.
—Paddy O'Connell, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2023
About 50 times a day these sleek, long-nosed javelins shoot across the baking-hot deserts of Saudi Arabia, reaching speeds of up to 300 kph (186 mph) carrying pilgrims and other passengers.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nosed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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