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The plant started to open late Tuesday, and then it was game on for Wednesday, with Morticia at the peak of its stink power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

So does it stink that the semiquincentennial has been such a flop?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I asked them if there’s a ratio of assets to spending that maximizes the odds of a secure retirement—even if stock returns stink or you turn out to be Methuselah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

She’s one of us, a fan of an onion bagel for breakfast, even if it makes her breath stink.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

“No need to stink up the world, too.”

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

He thinks each individual plant stinks more than previous blooms, but on top of that, he said: “The fact that we have two in bloom makes it stinkier.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

As the American painter recalled years later, Borger in the 1920s was a settlement of “rough shacks, oil rigs, pungent stinks from gas pockets, and broad-faced, big-boned Texas oil speculators.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“If it bleeds, it leads” is no more, replaced by something that stinks in its own way.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

“The running joke in the community was, ‘The first product stinks, the second one’s better, and the third one’s where they get it right.’

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

The factionless lead us down the street and left into a grimy alleyway that stinks of garbage.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

He found a place in Astana in an apartment that stank of cat.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

It perpetually stank of sewage, even after she stuffed her shower drain with plastic bags.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024

Black singers get it: You’re practicing the art of stank.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

According to one account, the sulfurous stank emanating from the White House lawn polluted the air for about three-square miles.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023

Her face scrunched up as if I stank.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson

For the past five years, returns have stunk, especially following a 28% tumble for the ETF since the end of October.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

“It was disgusting,” she said, explaining that the walls were damp and mouldy, while the flat was dirty and stunk of cigarette smoke.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024

At the time, Garvey was trying to organize charity sports events, which he stunk at, to put it politely.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

“I did a lousy job my last year of managing,″ Leyland said then. ”I stunk because I was burned out.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

He stunk something awful, but he was so pleased with himself that it was hard to fault him.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

“These are all the struggles I think about every stinking day,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

To others, it put a stop to nights of stinging eyes and stinking clothes - and, most importantly, it saved lives.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

A poisonous river of a stinking yellow liquid rushed downhill, inundating homes and fields, including the one where she grew corn to feed her eight children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

In the Clippers’ 111-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, Harden looked nothing like the player with a reputation for stinking up arenas at this stage of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

A pot of some stinking brew was boiling over a fire.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff