When Valerie was done, the thing was covered in elephant snot, but it worked.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The balance of my IRA has had the snot beat out of it.

FORBES: Hey Standard and Poor's - Better To Be Lucky Than Good

"Vampire squids eat mostly 'marine snow' a mixture of dead bodies, poop, and snot, " the institute's news release says, citing published research by its senior scientist Bruce Robison.

WSJ: Blackstone and the 'Vampire Squid' Sell SeaWorld

These 6- and 7-year-old boys and girls knock the snot out of the ball--with five strikes they get their chances--but outs in the field are infrequent, and always accidents.

FORBES: You Gotta Like

And because of that, we can afford to fall in love with a snot-flinging rodeo bull like the V-Wagon (or cars like the now-defunct Dodge Magnum, the Audi RS6 Avant, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Estate or the Europe-only BMW M5 Touring).

WSJ: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon: Insane, Unnecessary, Awesome | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil

Others, encumbered by brats whose faces are covered with flies and snot, cluster desperately around the fruit vendors, interrupting their singsong litanies only to lunge for the occasional rotten tomato or onion that an alert customer may discover at the bottom of his basket.

NPR: 'The Swallows of Kabul' Book Excerpt

The Oct. 26 Colfax-Placer football game in Colfax, Calif. was delayed slightly when a man with droopy trousers and no shirt entered the field, aimlessly walked around, picked up the football, and then got the snot knocked out of him by a father of one of Placer players.

FORBES: Football Dads Pummel Shirtless, Saggy-Pantsed Interloper on Field At High School Game