funky
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Kulgod's co-founder Itamar Bitan, 28, who spent four years in an Israeli special-forces canine unit, said the dogs were trained using "positive reinforcement" to detect a "specific funky smell" for a reward.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Later in the record, on “How Love’s Supposed to Go,” he begins the song with clipped phrases sprinkled with funky accents in another luxurious rhythm that almost sounds like a classic sample.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Though Root did at least allow Tongue three slips and two leg slips for his hat-trick ball after tea, he stuck with three for the most part here and barely ventured into the funky.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Located just over an hour away from his Malibu Colony retreat, the funky dwelling, which is set on 5.7 acres, has a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
To be a man, a doer, a builder, a leader, or to be a tool, an unfunny joke, a crusher of funky toadstools.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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While the exterior features a traditional red brick facade, the interior follows a much funkier black-and-white theme throughout the main living spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Cheese: Parmigiano-Reggiano is classic, but try Manchego or Pecorino for a funkier edge.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
It’s a return to their powers, now funkier than ever.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
When it came to power in 2021, after 16 years of Angela Merkel's conservative-led government, the new coalition promised a younger, funkier, more liberal Germany.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
But this is a looser, funkier show than its inspiration, puncturing the occasionally stifling solemnity of “The Walking Dead” with good old-fashioned B-movie gags and thrills.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Shout out to future “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, who joined Journey for “Raised on Radio” and proceeded to lay down the slinkiest, sultriest, funkiest bass line the band had ever known.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
UCLA: The Bruins own arguably the funkiest schedule in the country with an opener at Hawaii, a trip to LSU and a finale against Fresno State.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Cellphone’s Dead may have Beck’s funkiest bassline, but for brute force, Devil’s Haircut wins with its insistent three-note riff copied from I Can Only Give You Everything by the 60s Northern Irish rockers Them.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2020
In my roaming, I discovered North Arlington’s wildest house, North Arlington’s funkiest address numbers, and North Arlington’s coolest mailbox:
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2020
Morality is mostly funk, and I think you’re the funkiest man I ever came across in my travels.
From Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad
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