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incense

[in-sens] / ˈɪn sɛns /




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Just days later, anger surged once more after the death of Aisha Umar, a mother of five who ran a business from home, selling incense and fish in the northern city of Kano.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Those threats incense many in Mexico, where resentment lingers over past American invasions, including during the 1846 war, which ended with Mexico ceding more than half of its territory, including California, to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

It smells of incense inside and we light a candle.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

When I dug into the straw inside, I found an envelope set on top of a carved incense stand.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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