stinks
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The reason is clear the second you walk into the neighbourhood: it stinks.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Imagine this conversation with your spouse or roommate: “Dude, what is that smell? It stinks like burning diapers. Did you forget to pay the air?”
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Her stats are decent, but her attitude stinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Scratchy and stiff, it stinks of the stale urine used to set the dye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The noise, the rank stinks, the shouldering contact of human flesh soothed his jangled nerves.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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