smell
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“It doesn’t pass the smell test,” Villaraigosa said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
One of the most underappreciated ways to make a kitchen feel clean is simply to make it smell fresh.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Citi’s team of quantitative analysts have studied the market and say, it’s beginning to smell like stagflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Citi’s team of quantitative analysts has studied the market and says it’s beginning to smell like stagflation.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
I prayed that I would look out the door and the smell would be gone and the potatoes would be growing strong in the stony field.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Vocabulary lists containing smell
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 4
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