smelt
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His deceit was uncovered when Helen's son smelt a rat and applied for Clare's Law, external, where you can ask if someone has a history of abusive offending.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Look no further than GameStop’s $56 billion bid for eBay, which is the equivalent of a smelt swallowing a whale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Native fish that are increasingly threatened include the finger-sized Delta smelt and white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, which can reach more than 10 feet long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
"The water smelt foul, but we never thought it could kill someone," said Arun Prajapat, who alleges that his mother Seema died after consuming the contaminated water.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
They had stiff, leathery, purple-black skin and they smelt like old pickle jars.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
The old heads insist on classics like smelts and baccalà, but there’s enough variety that the more “acquired taste” dishes don’t define the night.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
"I don't think it would have happened from any area other than Aston with all of those foundries and factories and the smelts and the bomb sites," he adds.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
As part of a limited bar food menu, Beberman will be workshopping new dish ideas for the restaurant, including fried smelts and chicharrones over pork belly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
There was a recent first-person piece on the art of luring crafty little fish called smelts from the icy waters of Maine.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2017
For an omelette, our modern sardines, including kippered smelts, sprotten, and similar smoked and processed fish, contain sufficient salt and fat to season the eggs of an omelette.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
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