fishy
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To help cut down the fishy smell, top the fish with your choice of acid, like fresh lemon juice or rice vinegar.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
"Also, we have corporate sanctioned mobile devices and this came in via his personal phone. So that made him think this was potentially a little murky, a little fishy."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
White said UFC confronted the fighter and his lawyer prior to the match and were given reassurances that nothing fishy was going on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
On Monday’s episode of What Next, Mary Harris spoke with Slate senior writer and Amicus co-host Mark Joseph Stern about the fishy case and its alarming implications for LGBTQ+ equality throughout the country.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
He pouted his perfectly formed lips and surveyed the splintered shingles and abandoned nets from which the unsavory fishy smell arose.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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