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  • present tense form of smell (3rd person singular).
  • plural of smell.
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"It smells of burning. It affects tourism, it affects everything –- the world is falling apart all around us," said Cano.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Misting systems also are being used on the exterior to reduce smells from the rotting food, while air quality monitoring is continuing in eight locations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

“There’s something out there that thinks a corpse flower smells like heaven,” said Marc Hachadourian, director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, which hosted a corpse flower bloom last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The head of research at Fundstrat, Tom Lee, though, smells opportunity.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

Today he’s brought some crumbly brown meat that smells just wonderful, and then I get a bite in my mouth and, scratch my fur, it’s rich and delicious and dripping with fat.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz



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