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Noun
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The thick stench of jet fuel hung in the air as crews combed the wreckage for possible clues to the cause of the crash.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025 -
Scented products like air fresheners often used in cars release many of the same volatile organic compounds to mask lingering stench — all in a relatively smaller area than your average home.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Rebirth Jazz Band Infinity Music Hall, 32 Front St., Hartford The New Orleans jazz/funk/soul/R&B ensemble Rebirth Jazz Band, who has shared stages with rock acts as well as fellow brassy jazz bands, is at Infinity Music Hall Hartford on June 13 at 8 p.m. $40.21-$54.64.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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No surprise here, but Deborah is not, in fact, dead, but the terrible obit’s claim — that Deborah killed the Late Night franchise — is more enough to shock the comic out of her funk.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
29 May 2025
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The whole enterprise reeks of Marvel-itis with its endless callbacks.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Fish, their main food source, reek of fuel from boats that carried people down the Turquesa.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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“Staleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staleness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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