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Recent Examples of fetor
The musty aroma didn’t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations.
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Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.
—Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
The fetor was historic, and writers pulled out the literary stops.
—Alexandra Mullen, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetor
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Obasi can’t stand the stench of this alien — who's also a commoner, to boot — and solves the inconvenience by handing him off to his queen Eshe (Thandiwe Newton), who'll raise him in the company of the pride’s females.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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And some days, its dusty air carries the stench of the polluted Salton Sea eight miles west.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The panel was assembled to determine changes in oral malodor resulting from dietary manipulation.Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2014
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The malodor of halitosis usually results from the bacterial breakdown of amino acids in food debris, saliva, blood, and postnasal drip in the oral cavity.H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2011
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That neither Katherine nor Owen is compelled to buy into the social contract of the residency is one of several reasons Lonely Planet reeks of a kind of evil not otherwise found in this year’s crop of age-gap romances.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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Biden’s pardon is so broad it reeks of dishonesty and irresponsibility.Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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The low, squelching funk of the beat and Richman’s high falsetto were tuned to such a uniquely perfect frequency that everyone was happy to hear them, again and again, and again.Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Thee Sacred Souls, the soul/R&B/funk trio from San Diego.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Giants gave Mike Kafka a promotion to assistant head coach last season to spray some cologne on their coaching staff’s stink coming off last season.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Yet, unlike the stink of GameStop, these are real, very real companies.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Fetor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetor. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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