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smell a rat







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Did you smell a rat in Season 1?

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Google says it’s part of a “long-standing policy” against creating games that take advantage of “sensitive events,” but some employees smell a rat.

From The Verge • Oct. 16, 2019

Pilger said that she would often call him, early in the morning, after hearing of a military operation or a surgical air strike somewhere and say, “ ‘I smell a rat.’

From The New Yorker • Sep. 18, 2019

Some Barbudans smell a rat, a land grab that could lead to large-scale development.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2017

I don’t answer, as I’m still undecided as to whether I smell a rat.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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