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stinking

[sting-king] / ˈstɪŋ kɪŋ /


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“These are all the struggles I think about every stinking day,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Stafford Hopkins is good-looking, brilliant, successful and stinking rich.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

It was horrifying for his friend to see him enveloped by stinking, rotting waste.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025

He was covered in slimy, black stinking mud, and he walked into the room like a zombie.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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