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smell

[smel] / smɛl /






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Twenty years ago, Health was a lacerating noise band in a downtown L.A. nightclub, the Smell, famous for ear-splitting acts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Smell shapes how we experience the world every day.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

"Smell and flies were a feature at some of the illegal sites and caused a localised adverse effect to air quality," Farrar said, with landowners "forced to incur substantial costs in removing the illegal waste".

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

There were only three clean quads in his routine to the songs "The Ball" by Asaf Avidan, "The Smell of the Sea" by Alan Mayer and "Code Duello" by Power-Haus and Sergiu-Dan Muresan.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Out in the hall, I could hear Smell Factor playing action figures.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson




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