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putrid

[pyoo-trid] / ˈpyu trɪd /


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Overall viewership for Milan Cortina has doubled the putrid Beijing numbers of four years ago, according to NBC, setting up these Winter Games to be the most-watched in a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

"Noam. I d love your advice on how I handle my putrid press," Epstein wrote, adding that media coverage was "spiralling out of control".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The Raiders were so putrid this season that they now own the No. 1 pick in April’s draft, giving the NFL’s most successful quarterback the chance to handpick a franchise quarterback of his own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

The “Meg” movies make the classic mistake of assuming that, just because audiences are into shark horror, they’ll stand for whatever putrid pigswill these films call a narrative.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

You are not going to beat me, putrid river!

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech




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