The tiger sniffed the air: there was the smell of the meat but also the thick, overwhelming smell of the person inside, the person whose scent he had found on and around the meat before, and whom he could see now, sitting in the back of the smokehouse, a piece of meat in her hands.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

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The front room of the shop had been filled with the smell of meat, and my grandfather had stood and looked around at the hams and sausages hanging from the rafters, soup bones and square bacon slabs in the cold counter window, the skinned red lamb with its sharp little teeth lying on the block while Luka cleaved the bone of the leg away.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

For the next five months or so, backyards across America will be filled with the smell of smoke, the sizzle of cooking meat, and the fun and camaraderie of families and friends grilling.

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One of the fence planks had been ripped down, and the meat lay under it, dry and tough but full of the smell that frenzied him.

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Spanghero should have identified the meat as horse from its Romanian customs code, as well as its appearance, smell and price, he said.

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