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something that has failed
a real clunker, the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere
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Recent Examples of clunkers
That means plenty of clunkers, even when teams are decent.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Same goes for Sonny Gray (two quality starts, two 4-inning clunkers), Ranger Suarez and Brayan Bello (both two bad games followed by a gem).
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
The Master of Suspense has several winners in his filmography, as well as a few clunkers.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Despite Tuesday’s outing, his early clunkers may have already sunk his chances to make the team.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Of course, Thoma Bravo has some clunkers like any other private equity firm.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
That is, if clunkers like Monday don’t become the norm.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
But nearly every major positive even has been met with its share of clunkers.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
For players like Boutte and slot receiver DeMario Douglas, 2023 draftees who were around for both of New England’s 4-13 clunkers, this run has been especially rewarding.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Same goes for Sonny Gray (two quality starts, two 4-inning clunkers), Ranger Suarez and Brayan Bello (both two bad games followed by a gem).
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
The Master of Suspense has several winners in his filmography, as well as a few clunkers.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Despite Tuesday’s outing, his early clunkers may have already sunk his chances to make the team.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Of course, Thoma Bravo has some clunkers like any other private equity firm.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
That is, if clunkers like Monday don’t become the norm.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
But nearly every major positive even has been met with its share of clunkers.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
For players like Boutte and slot receiver DeMario Douglas, 2023 draftees who were around for both of New England’s 4-13 clunkers, this run has been especially rewarding.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunkers
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The film’s opening scenes are pleasingly attentive to the arduous labor and process of Jack’s daily work routine, as worn blue hands dredge crates of mussels from palpably freezing seawater.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
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Mysterious loot crates have appeared on Verdansk and Rebirth Island with strange red substance leaking out of them that looks quite a lot like some of the red ether that some of the enemies in the Black Ops 7 campaign exhibit.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Many more chemical incidents in the commonwealth have not been examined by the agency, which generally allocates its small staff to the country's most high-profile disasters.—
Ruby Grisin,
The Courier-Journal,
19 Aug. 2025
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Some of our existing housing stock will be demolished or destroyed by fire or other disasters.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Vallejo’s Broadway Project finished years late and massively over budget after contractor failures and internal disputes.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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But most of its failures are subtler, more insidious.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
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Loop the Vikings in with the Commanders as one of the biggest disappointments of this NFL season, as JJ McCarthy has had one of the worst starting runs of any first-round rookie QB in history.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
5 Dec. 2025
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Instead the book is a collection of images and ideas and ordinary moments and banal successes and disappointments that slowly becomes much more than the sum of its parts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Dec. 2025
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Payouts for the runner-up and semifinal losers have also declined relative to the overall purse in the past decade, while the pool for the qualifying draws has nearly doubled over that span.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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The index is sharply lower on the session, with Samsung one of the biggest losers.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Otherwise, Makar will be wincing through pain trying to explain the unfathomable, Blackwood will be dropping F-bombs in disbelief and MacKinnon will be ducking reporters despite being the team’s best player.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
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Iran has fired thousands of such Shahed drones against a wide range of military and civilian targets in the Gulf region since February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel began the war by jointly attacking Iran with a barrage of bombs and missiles.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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Then there were climate catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina, the normalization of active shooter drills at their schools and a worldwide pandemic.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Global natural catastrophes now generate hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses annually, with a significant portion uninsured.—
Jim Williamson,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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“Clunkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunkers. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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