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incense

[in-sens] / ˈɪn sɛns /




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It’s beat up and old, and smells like incense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

It smells of incense inside and we light a candle.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

"The situation is terrible, we don't know what's going to happen. Everything is very expensive... I hope it doesn't go up more," Felicidad Flores, a 67-year-old street vendor of incense, told AFP in La Paz.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

In other instances, candle wax has damaged some of the internal stones, along with burnt incense sticks leaving thick soot which has blackened some stones beyond cleaning.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

In this place there is a fragrance of incense and the whispers of all the faithful who have ever entered.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads




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