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Disproportionate death sentences may be convincing to those who make clemency decisions, and they reek of unfairness.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
If that doesn’t reek of a corporate attempt to get people hooked, I don’t know what does.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025
So the two embarked on a survey in the university hostels asking a truly human question: if our sneakers reek, doesn't that ruin the entire experience of using a shoe rack?
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
He suffers from aches, hemorrhoids, lazy eye and trimethylaminuria, a rare genetic condition that causes him to reek of fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Then she opened it and entered, entered a pervading reek of camphor.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Volunteers and relatives of the victims rest under blankets tied to four poles driven into the rubble, which reeks of death.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
By leaving the couple of hours between posts “to me, reeks of some sort of impropriety,” Adami said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026
Honestly, the whole discussion reeks of College Football Brain, that cross-affliction of entitlement and exceptionalism in which the most bizarre circumstances are treated as routine business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
It reeks of Silicon Valley’s Patagonia vests and Kim Kardashian’s all-white kitchen islands.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025
Whoever covered the slats when they turned this into a room did a lousy job, so the blanket’s been rained on and reeks of mildew.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
By late May, a judge declared the indictment a bad-faith effort that reeked of vindictive prosecution and dismissed it.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
It also reeked of “desperation,” per former federal prosecutor Harry Litman.
From Salon ● May 29, 2024
According to authorities, the closet was lined with an orange plastic sheet that reeked of urine.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
On Wednesday, the 34-year-old said their home, like many, reeked of sewage and mold; she wasn’t sure it would ever be livable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
The place reeked of dust and mildew—a big contrast to the pleasant smells outside.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Fans have been speaking to BBC Sport to vent their frustration at the situation, with one saying: "Spurs now enter the final few weeks of the transfer window reeking of desperation."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
If you’re not keen on slathering animal fat all over your face and reeking of beef, there are a few alternatives that promise similar results and smell much better.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
By Day 7, even with the backyard reeking like an industrial accident at a toothpaste factory, the tiny trio of terrorists was back in full force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2024
We mischievously overturned the buckets of excrement reeking by the entrance gate awaiting pickup by the night soil men, who seldom came.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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