smelt
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With the Springboks dominating in the basics, the crowd in Cape Town smelt blood as the lead stretched to 17-7.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
In my family, everyone new to the table — new partners, neighbors, friends — must try a smelt.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
Racing back into the valley, he soon found it: the strange, shuffling thing that smelt so rotten.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
A traditional selection includes baccala, squid, octopus, eel, shrimp, clams and smelts.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
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
Turbot, trout, mackerel, mullet, salmon, salmon trout, soles, smelts, eels, lobsters, crabs, crawfish, prawns, and shrimps.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
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