rancid
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As Nolso opens the door, a rancid odour escaped.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Reports are already emerging from the South Texas Family Residential Center an hour south of San Antonio, which ICE uses to house children slated for removal from this country, of rancid food and overcrowded cells.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
To put it directly, the smell of rancid meat is created by way of countless tiny bacterial farts.
From Salon • May 27, 2025
The goat was "nasty and mean", smelled "disgusting, musky, rancid", and would chase her young children, knocking them down.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024
My gut clenches in fear; then there’s that rancid hate, flashing up in an instant.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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