body odor
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The room smelled like perfume and hairspray, with the sour hint of body odor mixed with all-natural deodorant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Creating stronger flexibility, groundedness and rank body odor, shimmying around in 105 degree heat is having a wild, wild wellness moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
If one accused Vance of smelling like body odor mixed with ketchup, most people would not believe it.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024
You don’t have to tell that to Danielle Belyeu, who recently was stuck next to a passenger with a strong body odor on a flight from the Caribbean island of Curaçao to Miami.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
“The body odor of other prisoners also was horrible. Everything in this camp stunk and was filthy.”
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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