stench
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This is the stench that hampered Hong’s campaign.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
The stench of rotten eggs and burning debris fills the air in Boxtown, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Memphis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The stench of burning plastic smacked Vicky Vivaldi in the face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
There are also challenges for local businesses, which say customers are staying away because the stench is so sickening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Ah, the stench, and the way the slop buckets sloshed all over the place in rough seas...”
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
People living in a County Down beauty spot have "had enough" of industrial stenches coming from Warrenpoint Port, campaigners have said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
But Danovich hoped to avoid supporting hatcheries and breeding barns, with their bright lights, noxious stenches and short lifespans for residents.
From Salon ● May 10, 2023
“Surely those negatives existed in Calcutta. But amidst the fetid stenches of Indian urban decay, I mainly recall the strong aroma of exotic spices.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2022
At the heart of both stenches was the same culprit: hydrogen sulfide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Bile and sulfur and all the fetid organic stenches we fight all our lives to keep at bay.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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