Word: staled
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...Locating a likely spot, the villagers lighted the fuse on a 110-lb. lump of homemade dynamite and blew a hole in the middle of a wheat field. Having blasted their way to a spot near the top of the tomb, they donned gas masks to filter out the stale tomb air, then tunneled into the burial chamber...
...used one. Why, then, shouldn’t we all use them? A simple extension to space a cigarette from one’s mouth allows the smoke to cool before entering the smoker’s body. Use it—maybe your fingers will stop smelling like stale tobacco and start smelling like sweet tobacco...
...crackers and stale grape juice, but thankfully, no one has ever prepared dead animals or the ova of chickens...
...outfits such as Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group, market timers drive up transaction costs, which are borne by all shareholders. Plus, the rapid movement of money makes a fund difficult to manage, possibly hurting long-term returns. In international funds, market timers may be able to take advantage of "stale" prices--trading a fund in the U.S. when the price may not yet reflect movement in foreign markets. From a legal standpoint, market timing is an issue only for funds that officially ban it but make allowances for hedge funds and others who pay them big fees. Market-timing violations...
...bean pods. They were, unfortunately, the worst edamame I’ve ever had—overcooked, oversalted, overripe. They were followed by a serving of shumai, steamed pork-filled dumplings. This second classic was another disappointment—the little appetizers felt gooey, not firm, and smelled stale, not fresh...