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smell

verb as in perceive with the nose

verb as in have an odor

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“Sometimes the air doesn’t smell right,” she said.

The ordeal, he says, now “smells like incompetence.”

While a host of intriguing news smells ranging from fallen logs and hidden foxes delight Indy’s nose, he also senses something strange and malevolent in the house that threatens to take over Todd.

From Salon

The blaze was visible as far as Los Angeles and filled the air nearby with the smell of petrol.

From BBC

But one key Covid-specific identifier can be a loss of smell or taste.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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