stinky
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The accidents at refineries in the cities of the South Bay are most spectacular — stinky or flashy, with flames you can see on the TV news if not from where you live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Alice spends her days cleaning Lady Jemima’s stinky shoes, sponging her underwear and greasing her long blonde hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Peacemaker” creator James Gunn is fully aware of the music’s association with stinky Spandex, spittle and sloppy beer drunks.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
That is the stinky cherry on top of this case, because the Justice Department still won, right?
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025
Opening my eyes, I see my stinky visitor—an opossum, all spiny white fur and beady eyes and black ears like mushrooms sticking up from its head.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Don't be scared of the stinky cheese; in fact, the stinkier, the better, I say!
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2023
“But with so much more food waste, our trash tends to be stinkier, smellier wet trash.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
Most of the time, the stinkier the cheese, the stronger its flavor.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
“It was fuller and stinkier, but for the overall sake of the mission, we were willing to deal,” Penelope Miller, a resident with a 2-year-old daughter, said of her trash can.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2012
“I’ll tell you because you’re my best friend: It’s mostly blended hot dog wiener and some really stinky cheese. The stinkier, the better.”
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Little is known about how the parasitic Rafflesia—a genus that produces the world’s largest and stinkiest flower—infects its host plants.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2022
He was hired to be part of the agency’s new odor inspection team, touring Minnesota’s stinkiest places.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
Having received the world’s stinkiest lotion from a student a few years back, I can confirm that that’s a good idea.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2021
It’s a joke, but not really: Somewhere between the exhibit on the world’s stinkiest cheese and the free samples of fermented shark meat, someone’s stomach may turn.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2018
Dad also has the loudest, stinkiest farts in creation.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
