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pestilential

[pes-tl-en-shuhl] / ˌpɛs tlˈɛn ʃəl /


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Beginning with the Italianate geometries of Rio de Janeiro’s Passeio Público, the country’s first municipal garden, built over a pestilential lagoon between 1779 and ’83, Brazilian parks often mirrored European ones.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

A garden pond can be either a pestilential mess or the beating heart of a landscape, depending on how well it is designed, engineered and maintained.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2021

In those cases, it can be hard to identify the pestilential pooper: livestock, reptiles, rodents, and dogs can all spread Salmonella, along with other, less common animals.

From The Verge ● Dec. 12, 2018

Foetid and pestilential, this wasteland has long been a haven for the waifs of Kenya’s fifth city, the country’s highland capital and long-distance running heartland.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2016

This time Herbie stayed put in his pestilential sleeping bag.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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