pungent
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Like Euripides, Ms. Hall finds Medea “uncompromising, harsh, skeptical, pungent, and yet often darkly humorous.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
“It’s just this pungent artificial smell,” said Sharpe, 33, a social-media manager from Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Vietnam's Central Highlands produces around one sixth of the world's coffee, but farmers are switching their traditional crop for durian to cash in on surging Chinese demand for the pungent "king of fruits".
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Glendale resident Trinity Shi, 42, witnessed three blooms at the Huntington in 2022 and 2023 and compared the smell to rotten fish: pungent, but not unbearable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
I hugged him tight, his fur smelling like a mix of dogs and vet chemicals, pungent and sterile.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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