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Noun
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Some passengers toss out a corpse before its stench becomes unbearable to others.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026 -
The city’s colorful outdoor food markets lay abandoned—the usual smell of ripe papaya replaced by the stench of yesterday’s scraps, rotting in the heat.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Consider this a magical opportunity to escape the staleness of fall.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
29 Dec. 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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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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His stink didn’t get too much on me, to be honest.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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Without a stink, a grimy dishwasher still deserves a deep clean to restore its shine and efficiency.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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If the yellow home effort had a whiff of a 1990s Sunday league kit, the white one absolutely reeks of it.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The place reeks of human waste, piling up at the feet of everyone around.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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Meeks, head of technology research at Freedom Capital Markets, said Nvidia’s funk is a consequence of the fears that began over the summer around circular AI investing, GPU depreciation, and intensifying competition in the chipmaking space from Big Tech peers such as Google and Amazon .—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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Founded by Maurice White, the group helped shape the sound of funk, soul, R&B, and pop while delivering a message rooted in spirituality, unity and joy.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
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As if to prove that it can’t be exceeded in badness, Playdate has both.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Nov. 2025
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“Rankness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankness. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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