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Recent Examples of rancid Much of the damage was from flooding, which left a thick layer of rancid muck on her floors. Stephen Smith and Bobby Caina Calvan, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2022 Jackson Lamb elevates the character’s filthy, rancid presentation to high art. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022 For more than 50 years, New Yorkers have had to contend with mountainous sprawls of garbage bags piled curbside as early as 4 p.m., creating a rancid eyesore that assaults the senses and sensibility of all who pass. Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022 Exposure to light, heat and air can cause your coconut oil to go rancid. Nicole Fisher, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for rancid 
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  • My TikTok really blew up somewhere between my videos taste-testing a really disgusting medication and my series about dating.
    Brooke Eby, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Billions Of Jellyfish Wash Up On Beach By Jess Thomson Science Reporter 1 A plague of bizarre and disgusting balls that have washed up along popular beaches in Australia have been found to contain fecal bacteria.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • An ugly opt in: If there is no trade by Feb. 6, Butler then regains a degree of leverage with the right to invoke his $52.4 million player option next season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This underscores an ugly truth as to why California’s housing is grossly and unnecessarily expensive, and in short supply.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States, sickening millions of Americans.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Escaping the sickening air pollution triggered by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles has become a game of which algorithm to trust.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • But 2024 Ohio State had the good fortune to suffer that awful day in the first year of a bigger Playoff.
    Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • There is one ray of hope for United fans though amid the awful run of results.
    Ben Church, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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  • Traffic was horrible and the private crews can’t turn on a siren, ignore traffic laws, and drive on the wrong side of the road like public firefighters.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Recommended Trump moves from ‘American carnage’ to ‘a horrible betrayal’ in second inaugural Juries also convicted some on charges of seditious conspiracy, which refers to activities that undermine a state without directly attacking it.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Also, there may be three outfits, but that’s less exciting when all three of them are hideous.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
  • And in reading on, it will be said up front that government spending is the most hideous, economy-sapping tax of all.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • Yes, this is an obscene price for a Qi wireless charger.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Still, justices questioned whether that might put the cost of protecting kids from obscene content online on phone makers like Apple or Google rather than the sites being regulated.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • But for one couple, their big day was nearly derailed by a shocking incident involving an uninvited guest.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • When a shocking event takes place, many organizations try to send communications out quickly—and these messages tend to be rushed, emotionally driven and sometimes poorly worded or executed.
    Charlotte Sweeney OBE, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Rancid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rancid. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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