filth
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The ability to let the light shine through the depravity Ms Pelicot was subjected to - the "filth", as she repeatedly calls it - is a testament to her resilience.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
It’s a matter of washing off the filth—with unnatural chemicals, at that—versus never picking up the filth in the first place.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
"We're literally living in filth," said Rakotondrina on a tour permeated by the powerful stench of urine.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
As one sketch duo who appeared on The James Whale Radio Show half-joked, the programme was known for its "controversy, filth and degradation - and that's just behind the scenes".
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
It was to escape further contamination by the filth of civilized life; it was to be purified and made good; it was actively to make amends.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing filth
Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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