clinkers

plural of clinker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinkers
Noun
  • This is true for tour guides, who witness the majority of these mistakes firsthand on the ground.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Great coaches such as John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Nick Saban and Pete Carroll integrated a variety of mental health techniques to help players reduce stress and mistakes while increasing focus, confidence and flow.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Corps website highlights the group's involvement in response to flooding and hurricane disasters in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida, as well as rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires this year.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers expect millions of Americans to relocate from properties facing increasing risks of flood, fire and other kinds of disasters in the years ahead.
    Debolina Banerjee, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ogles in August launched a fundraising effort to cover more than $120,000 in legal fees related to reporting errors in campaign finance reports.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers warned these errors can have serious consequences, from denied housing to insurance issues, and called for more oversight and independent evaluations of canine DNA tests.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The parties' successes or failures at the top of the ticket are likely to impact down-ballot races.
    Margaret Barthel, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Pratt, who along with Heidi and other property owners has sued the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for its infrastructure failures, offers many grievances.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Against Brent Venables’ otherwise elite defense, Arch Manning had a nicely tidy day, completing 21 of 27 passes with no major blunders and 200 total yards.
    Sam Settleman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The View has a storied history with fashion blunders.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But that same flavor keeps us from buying all the way in after his Giant disappointments.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Making a change at manager would have been one of the only dramatic moved the team could make after back-to-back playoff disappointments.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The control group played the card game Solitaire and Bricks Breaking Hex — which requires the user to break bricks in groups of the same color — at their own pace.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Tom Grogan’s first job paid him just £30 ($40) a day lugging bricks and hauling cement on a Birmingham building site.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These bombs, which carry a payload of up to 1,500 kilograms (3,307 pounds), largely target Ukrainian forces and infrastructure close to the front lines.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But after two years of bloodshed, boycotts and bitter division, the ceasefire offers at least one thing that has been in short supply — a moment to talk without bombs falling overhead.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Clinkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinkers. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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