fetid
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Human waste spilled out of the overflowing communal latrines near Nyariaka’s house and into the fetid water filling the culverts.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
The optimist notes that Baltimore’s division, the AFC North, is in a fetid state at the moment, with Aaron Rodgers and the strangely 3-1 Steelers coasting over the moribund Ravens, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
It is all too easy to find yourself submerged in fetid water, or sucked into a slurry of thick, black mud.
From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024
In the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson on the west bank, rescuers completely evacuated a neighborhood submerged in fetid floodwaters, venturing out in boats to pull people from roofs and the upper floors of homes.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023
I finally reached a jagged split in the hull and, as the raft drifted inside it, fetid water dripped down my neck.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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