faint
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Albariño wine pairs well with cheeses, fish tacos, herbaceous salads—and, as Hemingway did, you can also drink it to wash away the faint metallic taste of oysters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Inside, time seemed to move differently: tennis whites drying beneath the afternoon sun, bridge rooms carrying the faint smell of cigarettes and talcum powder, elderly members reading newspapers beneath slow ceiling fans.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
All that’s left are defensive denials, evasions of Nazi collaboration and the faint hope that something higher has survived.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
You know the weather: warm wind, faint smell of rain, the vague sense that a storm could roll in at any minute.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
A faint, nervous smile played on his lips.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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