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bad odor





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This Florida timeshare sounds like out-of-date cheese with a bad odor.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

At the home in west Houston, deputies “did notice that there were a lot of flies and a bad odor from one end of the house,” Gilliland said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2023

In 2020, Cox narrowly lost his reelection bid to Valadao, owing in no small part to the negative headlines and bad odor that attached to the freshman lawmaker during his scant time in office.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2022

“I don't read them,” Popper said, waving his hand as if at a bad odor.

From Scientific American Aug. 25, 2018

Any bad odor was noticeable here, where the sidewalks were swept hourly and lotus blossoms floated in the clear water below.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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