stinky
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Desmodesmus is “not a dangerous thing,” he says, although in such large amounts, “it can be unsightly for sure,” as well as stinky.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
Alice spends her days cleaning Lady Jemima’s stinky shoes, sponging her underwear and greasing her long blonde hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
A man found himself in a stinky situation after dropping his sunglasses into a campground vault toilet in Shaver Lake on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Accompanied by specially-trained truffle dogs, foodies get dirt under their nails as they dig for these stinky “black diamonds.”
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Grandpa makes a stinky face at me, and then he raises the glass and drinks every drop.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Don't be scared of the stinky cheese; in fact, the stinkier, the better, I say!
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2023
“But with so much more food waste, our trash tends to be stinkier, smellier wet trash.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
Most of the time, the stinkier the cheese, the stronger its flavor.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
“It was fuller and stinkier, but for the overall sake of the mission, we were willing to deal,” Penelope Miller, a resident with a 2-year-old daughter, said of her trash can.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2012
“I’ll tell you because you’re my best friend: It’s mostly blended hot dog wiener and some really stinky cheese. The stinkier, the better.”
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Little is known about how the parasitic Rafflesia—a genus that produces the world’s largest and stinkiest flower—infects its host plants.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2022
He was hired to be part of the agency’s new odor inspection team, touring Minnesota’s stinkiest places.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
She’s started to get teased in kindergarten for “having the stinkiest farts.”
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2020
It’s a joke, but not really: Somewhere between the exhibit on the world’s stinkiest cheese and the free samples of fermented shark meat, someone’s stomach may turn.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2018
How was I supposed to know Stilton is England’s stinkiest cheese?
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
