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smelly

[smel-ee] / ˈsmɛl i /


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WSJ | Buy Side: Thermacell’s redesigned app-controlled repellers create a bug-free zone in your yard without smelly or harmful sprays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Mexico is deploying specialized navy ships to fight a massive influx of sargassum on the country's Caribbean beaches, authorities said Thursday, as the smelly seaweed threatens the crucial tourism sector.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Some couples say their marriages hinge on one party coming around to their spouse’s cat, dealing with severe rashes, smelly litter boxes and early wakeups for love.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

“It’ll certainly be smelly and noxious, and bacteria and things are going to be growing in it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

But then everyone would go off and leave their smelly old socks and moldy mittens and melted Halloween candy and leftover sandwiches.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

Cities including Atlanta, Nashville and Louisville are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting things like recyclable bottles, cans, paper and plastic, yard waste or oversized junk to focus on the grosser, smellier stuff.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

"Thankfully he didn't seem to find his capture too alarming and hadn't released his spray in defence - otherwise it would have been a much smellier rescue mission."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2021

Methyl mercaptan, which is even smellier, might only take one reservoir to stink up the globe.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2020

It’s just a bad setup and the more people look into it, the smellier it looks.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019

Within fifteen minutes, so many people had shown up that the room got hotter and more humid and even smellier.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

It’s like saying that the smelliest dog in town got four baths this week.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Experts blame a mix of troubled crops, market forces, depleted stockpiles - and the world’s smelliest fruit.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024

“Odorless” on the label means it has been refined even more to strip it of some of the smelliest — and most toxic — ingredients.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023

Or is it because chopping garlic is one of the most menial, least pleasurable, smelliest of tasks, and a refusal to do so indicates a resistance to work for our food?

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2022

Korean food is the tastiest but makes the smelliest poops.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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