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  • present tense form of smell (3rd person singular).
  • plural of smell.

smells







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From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and told us about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

And the “Ocean Breeze” vent clip by Febreze that smells nothing like the ocean to her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Brentford will play on the counter-attack here and Bournemouth will have a go at them, so this smells like a draw to me.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

In short, unruly crowds, strange smells, intrusive noise and late nights are not unique inventions of the TikTok era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

But here, the sounds and the smells didn’t bother him.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold



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