pungent
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Glendale resident Trinity Shi, 42, witnessed three blooms at the Huntington in 2022 and 2023 and compared the smell to rotten fish: pungent, but not unbearable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The pungent smell of death emanates from the Caracas morgue, an odour that thousands of liters of donated chlorine cannot mask.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
There’s its flavor profile, which is sharp and pungent when consumed raw yet mellow, nutty and almost buttery when cooked down.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
"When the shop worker took the bag inside, they noticed that this particular donation had a distinctive pungent aroma," a police spokesperson told the New Zealand Herald.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
The smell was pungent, like opening a fridge that contained a rotting animal.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Vocabulary lists containing pungent
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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