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This rotting food would inevitably emit a stench so overpowering that early European explorers, fur trappers, and missionaries were sickened by it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025 -
This rotting food would inevitably emit a stench so overpowering that early European explorers, fur trappers and missionaries were sickened by it.—
Melanie Beasley,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
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My participation in this harmful farce left a stink on me that won’t soon wash off.—
Vincent Schiraldi,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2025
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King’s Chapel was established in 1683 as the first Anglican church in New England, which was settled starting in 1620 by dissenters who wanted a theocracy and religion shorn of folderol, cant, and the stink of popes and kings.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
19 July 2025
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His actions reek of political theater, his fear and disdain of home rule and his desperate need to be relevant.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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The absence of these performances among the nominations reeks of a snobbishness that the Academy should have long outgrown.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Today, the unique venue hosts local, regional, and international soul, folk, rock, funk, and country talent from spring through fall.—
Korrin Bishop,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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Aaron Judge’s return to the Yankees’ lineup didn’t make much of a difference on Tuesday, not with Nathan Eovaldi at his very best and Devin Williams still in a funk.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Rankness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankness. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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