smelly
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They produce 60 tonnes of the sweet yet smelly fruit, which is driven in frozen containers thousands of kilometres north into China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Many couples say their marriage hinges on one party coming around to their spouse’s feline friends, which can mean dealing with severe rashes, smelly litter boxes and early wakeups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But in recent years those living nearby have complained that it regularly turns green in the summer and has become smelly and slimy.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Gas generators, the traditional option, are noisy, high maintenance and smelly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
His smelly old swallowtail coat was hopelessly outdated by then, but he wouldn’t hear of parting with it.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
The magnet fishing waters she explores in Northern California are murkier, and often smellier, than the clear waters she once dived in, but she said her new hobby has strengthened her relationship with the water.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
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
“But with so much more food waste, our trash tends to be stinkier, smellier wet trash.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
Troll farts, I discovered, are a hundred times smellier than the human kind.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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
And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
