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Noun
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For once, the stench at the Big A is not just coming from the bullpen.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026 -
The sheets will absorb the stench while adding a pleasant scent.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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By clamping the bag shut, the clips help keep air and moisture out, which slows staleness and helps food stay fresh longer.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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That seal keeps air and moisture out, which slows staleness.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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With their high linen content, the sheets exuded no mustiness, only the faint sweet smell of aged paper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The film, which screenwriter Rowan Joffé adapted from a 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne, seems aware of the orientalist mustiness of this premise without being compelled to subvert it in any meaningful way.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many have used numbers and moral philosophy to fathom the vileness of slavery in America, for example.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The stink began long before the fermentation set in.—
Shindy Chen
March 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
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My small room seemed to be visibly clouded by the stink of my body and the stink of my superfluous thinking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This week’s special legislative session reeks of imperialism.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Desperate or not, what the show does reek of is money (apparently about $25 million).—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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After the lesson, stay for salsa funk dancing to the Latin beats of La Verdad.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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Beyoncé only fueled this idea by dressing as funk-rock diva Betty Davis for Halloween.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Rankness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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