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During the inquest, next door neighbour Claire Bennett told the jury she had smelt gas in the vicinity for about a fortnight before the blast.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

It wasn’t a horrible odour, but not like something I had smelt before.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

Her husband John, who was rescued by firefighters, told jurors he had smelt gas the day before and called out a Cadent engineer to inspect their house.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2020

And it was then that this fellow Spicer began to play the fool: he had smelt the rat himself, I suppose.

From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Even if Joshua had smelt the fowl he concealed it very well, and his whole face expressed the utmost astonishment, while Lilac watched him in an ecstasy of delight.

From White Lilac; or the Queen of the May by Walton, Amy