stench

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Recent Examples of stench Something Willis said a lot of people might not realize is the stench left behind after a massive flood like the one that happened on the Guadalupe. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025 The scientists said their results indicate that a significant portion of the gas that’s being released by the Salton Sea isn’t being measured, even as the stench drifts through the area’s predominantly Latino communities. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025 For Nebraska, the stench comes from those 27 consecutive losses against ranked foes. Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 14 May 2025 And the rotten-egg stench from the hydrogen sulfide emitted by the lake’s decomposing organic matter, an odor particularly noticeable in the summer, has gotten no better. Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stench
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Noun
  • But maybe the stink of rotting carcass will overpower our human stink.
    Helen Whybrow July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
  • Diddy’s work should carry the stink of this case forever.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • This one, sold by Lulu and Georgia, has a vintage air that will make your room reek of refinement.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
  • The belongings Regan brought with her from her home reek of smoke, and while her neighborhood escaped the fire relatively unscathed, it is surrounded by ones that were burned to the ground.
    Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025

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