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Noun
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All these ailments seem to ebb and flow along with the toxic stench of the wastewater.—
Kimberly Dickson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025 -
In addition to beach closures, Navy SEALs and recruits train near the toxic runoff and children and some elderly residents on the U.S. side of the border have gotten sick because of the stench from the runoff, said Desmond.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There are few people in the history of music as colorful and entertaining as the supreme funk bassist Bootsy Collins.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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By the end of the season, the offense fell into a funk, as the Steelers suffered through a four-game losing streak before being bounced in the wild-card round.—
Charlotte Carroll,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Here, again, is the kind of scenario that reeks of Moscow disinformation.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Staleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staleness. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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