stink up
verb
stank up or stunk up; stunk up; stinking up; stinks up
: to cause to stink or be filled with a stench
dirty laundry stinking up the place
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Little surprise that the pair explore the wider context of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup triumph, namely the military dictatorship that sapped national pride and heaped enormous pressure on a team — one who’d stunk up the tournament four years earlier — to restore it.
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Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Frankly, a single smoker will stink up an entire car.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Horace is surprisingly getting ready to stink up the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul again.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 5 June 2026
For the record, even if the Rangers’ ERA was the best in baseball last season and the offense stunk up the Metroplex, Young did well to add to the rotation.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The seaweed, which is a form of algae, washes up on shorelines in South Florida, impeding swimmers and stinking up the beach.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Best Diaper Pail No parent wants their baby’s dirty diapers to stink up their house.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 22 May 2025
Plus your dogs stink up the whole building as well.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
In the Clippers’ 111-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, Harden looked nothing like the player with a reputation for stinking up arenas at this stage of the season.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Frankly, a single smoker will stink up an entire car.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Horace is surprisingly getting ready to stink up the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul again.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 5 June 2026
For the record, even if the Rangers’ ERA was the best in baseball last season and the offense stunk up the Metroplex, Young did well to add to the rotation.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The seaweed, which is a form of algae, washes up on shorelines in South Florida, impeding swimmers and stinking up the beach.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Best Diaper Pail No parent wants their baby’s dirty diapers to stink up their house.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 22 May 2025
Plus your dogs stink up the whole building as well.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
In the Clippers’ 111-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, Harden looked nothing like the player with a reputation for stinking up arenas at this stage of the season.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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“Stink up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stink%20up. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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