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smelly

[smel-ee] / ˈsmɛl i /


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Trees have less dramatic ways to screw up your day: Their roots can infiltrate cracks in septic or sewage pipes, blocking the system and wreaking expensive, smelly havoc.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Gas generators, the traditional option, are noisy, high maintenance and smelly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

The ones I could actually get were dark, smelly or unsafe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Even using the toilet felt like a gamble, she said, as it meant having to spend the rest of the performance queued up in front of "unhygienic, smelly cubicles".

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

“You said we had to wear these scratchy smelly putrid things for the rest of the week.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech




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