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foulness

[foul-nis] / ˈfaʊl nɪs /




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A romp in the swamp or failure in the foulness of a Rome afternoon?

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

In the decades since, though, the main charge against the show hasn’t been foulness so much as incoherence.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023

My entirely inadequate advice will remain unchanged: Sit in the foulness of the roiling storm and do your work, whatever that may be, and triangulate by the light of whatever star feels eternal to you.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2022

You don’t need to see inside sealed legal filings to understand that the foulness wafted down from the top.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2020

The throng haint’s foulness seeped into her mouth like the aftertaste of sour milk.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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