as in mustiness
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Noun
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Listen to the fans thrumming above, passing the stench of death between rooms.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025 -
One persistent theory was that plants produce these compounds passively, through oxidation of more common precursor chemicals, or that these plants partner with bacteria to produce their stenches.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
8 May 2025
Noun
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As the Rockies tried to get him out of his season-long funk, Toglia was benched for three games during last week’s homestand.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 May 2025
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Why is Inter Miami mired in a month-long funk and down to sixth place in the Eastern Conference heading into a road game Saturday against first-place Philadelphia Union?—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The whole enterprise reeks of Marvel-itis with its endless callbacks.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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Fish, their main food source, reek of fuel from boats that carried people down the Turquesa.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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“Staleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staleness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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