stench
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Working with his regular cinematographer Oleg Mutu, Loznitsa gives this prison — and authoritarianism itself — a sickly luster without ever denying its wretched stench.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Residents described headaches and an unrelenting bitter taste in their mouths as the stench of smoke filled their homes.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
There is a strong stench of rotting flesh coming from a sheep's carcass that has been left to entice red kites to feed here.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
The stench of smoke is stronger now than before.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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