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Noun
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Liao said other business owners in the strip mall have never complained about the stench.—
Alys Martinez,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026 -
Scripted by Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie (partners in life and in filmmaking), these words of seduction are music to the ears of a lonely Gravedigger (Glowicki), who has been formulating a perfume to cover up her corpse-like stench.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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This was about breaking out of a brutal late-season funk that included a road loss a night earlier to the NBA-worst Indiana Pacers.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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The team’s best offensive players, Kirill Kaprizov and Boldy, have been in a funk in recent weeks.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some people who rapidly transitioned from aluminum-containing antiperspirant to natural deodorant have noted unpleasant results on social media, including malodor, significant sweating and irritation of the underarm area.—
Dr. Michael Daignault,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2022
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Aversive smells, too, can be linked to particular receptors, and malodor has lately been a major subject of inquiry for Firmenich.—
Scott Sayare,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Nov. 2021
Noun
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The musty aroma didn’t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations.—
Alejandro Varela,
Harper's magazine,
16 Sep. 2019
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The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.—
Alexandra Mullen,
WSJ,
11 Aug. 2017
Noun
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At least there’s Huppert in gloriously aloof form, plus the overripe lusciousness of Martin Gschlacht’s cinematography; with an edible and/or a cocktail or three, that might be enough.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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White Wine Grape Glossary Grenache Blanc An ample, full-bodied white that along with Roussanne personifies the power and lusciousness of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and other Rhône white blends, but also the Spanish white Rioja.—
Anna Lee C. Iijima,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The stink began long before the fermentation set in.—
Shindy Chen
March 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
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My small room seemed to be visibly clouded by the stink of my body and the stink of my superfluous thinking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Noisomeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noisomeness. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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