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Pat Daniels — played by real-life sportscaster Dan Patrick — appears in the mid-credits scene to report that the Maxi golf league failed and that their sports drink was recalled after being found to cause halitosis, gingivitis and tongue rot.
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 29 July 2025
Luckily Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello are on the case, high-tailing it to Japan to confront their fiercest foe yet: a certain hundred-foot tall scaly beast with radioactive halitosis.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Emerging research, in fact, connects small intestinal bacterial overgrowth to halitosis.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 17 July 2025
Bad Breath or Coated Tongue Bad breath (called halitosis) can indicate that your gut microbiome is off.
—Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 4 June 2025
Chronic bad breath: Long-term bad breath, called halitosis, is another sign of gum disease.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 29 May 2025
Thus, fluoride can help reduce the effects of bacteria that cause halitosis (bad breath).13
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—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Fortunately, with proper treatment, Bauer says, halitosis often becomes much less offensive.
Rashes
Parikh sees lots of patients with rashes at this time of year, and many don’t realize a pollen allergy could be the culprit.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 2 May 2025
Bad breath, also called halitosis, is a common problem.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 29 July 2025
Luckily Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello are on the case, high-tailing it to Japan to confront their fiercest foe yet: a certain hundred-foot tall scaly beast with radioactive halitosis.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Emerging research, in fact, connects small intestinal bacterial overgrowth to halitosis.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 17 July 2025
Bad Breath or Coated Tongue Bad breath (called halitosis) can indicate that your gut microbiome is off.
—Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 4 June 2025
Chronic bad breath: Long-term bad breath, called halitosis, is another sign of gum disease.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 29 May 2025
Thus, fluoride can help reduce the effects of bacteria that cause halitosis (bad breath).13
3.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Fortunately, with proper treatment, Bauer says, halitosis often becomes much less offensive.
Rashes
Parikh sees lots of patients with rashes at this time of year, and many don’t realize a pollen allergy could be the culprit.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 2 May 2025
Bad breath, also called halitosis, is a common problem.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Halitosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halitosis. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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halitosis
noun
hal·i·to·sis
ˌhal-ə-ˈtō-səs 
plural halitoses
-ˌsēz
: a condition of having fetid breath
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