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Multiply that by a family's worth of footwear, stack them on a rack, and you have a domestic design problem that's as pungent as it is universal.

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Days later he noticed a pungent smell too.

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Cornichons, on the other hand, are quite vinegar-y in flavor, so adding their brine to lemonade would make for a pungent and acidic drink.

From Salon

It’s a pungent quality — an internal characteristic that gives rise to outside counterforces.

From Salon

Smelling salts - a pungent mix of ammonia, water and ethanol - are marketed as improving mental alertness or boosting energy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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