rancid

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• He toured the city’s devastated defenses in the days after Hurricane Katrina, and today remembers the sight of children’s toys floating in the rancid floodwaters, along with the stench of rotting bodies emanating from waterlogged houses.

• Exporters made it even cheaper with labor-saving methods that allowed palm fruit to ferment and soften, though the results were rancid.

• History suggests he will stubbornly try to hold on to his rancid reign in any way possible — convincing himself, and as much of the public as he can, that he is still president.

• You know the cartoon segment that used to be in colour in rancid old newspapers?

• The workers had to use oxygen tanks to combat the rancid smell of death in temperatures that topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

• No, this rancid bill of goods is also being by peddled by Fox News personalities.

• Any way you turn, the “hope” Obama has promised is turning rancid, writes Stuart Stevens.

• I will be happy if events prove me too pessimistic, but the political atmosphere in Washington is rancid.

• The Bradfords found that the skin was full of a strong—almost rancid—oil, but the flesh, though rather flavorless, was not bad.

• Truffaldino brought him the vessel, examined the expectoration, and found in it a mass of rancid rotten rhymes.

• The steward supplied each mess with a daily allowance of biscuit, pork or beef, and butter.