filth
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But the blowback has only catapulted in the era of social media, where millions of viewers from across the globe can drag award show hosts for filth in real time.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
It’s a matter of washing off the filth—with unnatural chemicals, at that—versus never picking up the filth in the first place.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
Ms Stainthorpe said she would "never forget the smell and filth around the house" which was so severe the team had to wear disposable overalls, gloves and masks.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
"We're literally living in filth," said Rakotondrina on a tour permeated by the powerful stench of urine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
And gradually, more terrible than the crush of bodies and the filth, the single obsession was: something to drink.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing filth
Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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