smack of
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Even if Fuqua had made the movie like a gritty documentary, just the entrance of Bubbles the chimp would smack of camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
But what’s extra notable about the sputtering tech partnerships of the 2020s is how baldly they smack of desperation.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
What the French essayist offers us “shall smack of the earth and of real life, sweet, or smart, or stinging.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
On a surface level, boost buttons and extra electrical energy smack of computer games - hence Verstappen's remark about Mario Kart, the second time he had used the analogy in four days in Shanghai.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
I stare out the window at the sky and feel this smack of reality right in my heart.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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