funky
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Kulgod's co-founder Itamar Bitan, 28, who spent four years in an Israeli special-forces canine unit, said the dogs were trained using "positive reinforcement" to detect a "specific funky smell" for a reward.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Though Root did at least allow Tongue three slips and two leg slips for his hat-trick ball after tea, he stuck with three for the most part here and barely ventured into the funky.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Located just over an hour away from his Malibu Colony retreat, the funky dwelling, which is set on 5.7 acres, has a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
We hear the underdog aesthetic term rasquachismo used to describe these early impromptu performances: essentially a colorful funkiness, “so funky that nothing can undermine you,” Valdez says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ever since failing to make the national team, I’d been in a funky mood.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
While the exterior features a traditional red brick facade, the interior follows a much funkier black-and-white theme throughout the main living spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s a return to their powers, now funkier than ever.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
Cheeses made from that particular strain, however, would be slightly funkier and vary in appearance.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024
When it came to power in 2021, after 16 years of Angela Merkel's conservative-led government, the new coalition promised a younger, funkier, more liberal Germany.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
When the songs were … funkier — and I use that designation extremely loosely — his performance felt more full.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
“It wasn’t helping me to express the loudness, to be the funkiest, to embody the story,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Try to find an ensemble, from the staunchest to the funkiest, that hasn’t gotten into the act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
Headon’s killer drum intro fires one of the rhythm section’s funkiest grooves.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
When your tantrum ended, you left us one of your funkiest Final Fours: the gritty kingdom of Michigan State plus three programs from the vast proletarian division — Texas Tech, Virginia and Auburn.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019
Morality is mostly funk, and I think you’re the funkiest man I ever came across in my travels.
From Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad
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