filth
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Recorded largely in the steamy, sweltering basement of Richards’ rented French villa, Nellecôte, “Exile” reeks of filth, decadence and decay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s a matter of washing off the filth—with unnatural chemicals, at that—versus never picking up the filth in the first place.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
However, because of nesting pigeons within the entry, he said the filth and pest problem in the lane is worse than ever.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
"We're literally living in filth," said Rakotondrina on a tour permeated by the powerful stench of urine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
And gradually, more terrible than the crush of bodies and the filth, the single obsession was: something to drink.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing filth
Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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