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or chiefly British smelt (of)
as in smacked (of)
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referred
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France’s Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control referred the matter to public prosecutors.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025 -
There might be reasonable concerns over the potential for too many decisions on the pitch to be re-referred and reviewed by people sat in front of a television screen in an office.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Smelled (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smelled%20%28of%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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