putrid
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"Noam. I d love your advice on how I handle my putrid press," Epstein wrote, adding that media coverage was "spiralling out of control".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
The Raiders were so putrid this season that they now own the No. 1 pick in April’s draft, giving the NFL’s most successful quarterback the chance to handpick a franchise quarterback of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
But after a putrid start that has left them with only one win through nine weeks of the season, the Jets pivoted—and executed one of the most shocking deadline-day trades in history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
The putrid chamber drama becomes a fantasia, befouled rags turn into tuxedo pants and it’s finally safe to belt how they feel.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
“You! You! You!” she kept screaming in a parody of Mamá’s voice, spitting putrid saliva on my face.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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