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as in mustiness
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as in datedness
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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
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Coach Billy Napier’s team blended play-calling staleness, horrendous clock management, defensive containment issues and overall immaturity.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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No one is better built than Leavy, a crafty veteran sportswriter, for between-innings repartee, wry asides, and tossed-off ideas for improving her beloved sport—and maybe even keeping its ever-looming obsolescence at bay for another decade or three.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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In that case, universities are fine-tuning their students for obsolescence, and the latter are paying handsomely for this privilege.—
Toby Stuart,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Her subsequent work includes Futura (2021), a collaborative documentary capturing the views of Italian teenagers, and La Chimera (2023), which follows a group of grave robbers dealing in Etruscan antiquities.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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The tackier the better The dominant aesthetic of the administration comes not from antiquity but from AI slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Plus, used camping gear or exercise equipment can develop a stench when sitting in a stuffy closet for too long.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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There was seemingly a healthy respect between the players, like opposing superstars Virat Kohli and Babar Azam sharing a laugh in an enduring image, in what was a snapshot of the possibilities when the stench of politics is absent.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Joe formed the funk-pop group DNCE in 2015.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Baile Funk Parties To experience Rio’s signature sound, try a baile funk party.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The garden reeks of rotting figs.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Such rote, nakedly procedural appeals inherently reek of moral relativism to the extent they are not grounded at all in any substantive conception of good and bad, or right and wrong.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Follow our steps to clean the trash can liner, eliminating germs and the stink in the process.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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The 'Jersey Shore' star gets real about parenting, stink checks, and what her nights out look like now.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Fustiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fustiness. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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