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Recent Examples of skunk
Noun
So are the deer, turkeys, skunks, crickets, spiders, ticks, bats, dragonflies, and ospreys. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 In Wyoming, the National Park Service said rabies is most commonly found in bats and skunks. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
The party got skunked in every battleground state and lost the popular vote for the first time in 20 years. Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 May 2025 Sam had a sudden flash of some decades old cartoon, an anthropomorphized rabbit or skunk with its jaw dropped, a foghorn like awooga accompanying the lolling of its cartoonishly long tongue. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for skunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skunk
Noun
  • Nationally, the most common dog breed is the Labrador retriever, but Arizona has a different favorite.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This double-wide camp chair is quilted and comfortable, with durable 600D polyester fabric that holds up to weather, spills, and even a slobbery dog (or two) climbing aboard.
    Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership.
    Greg Dixon, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Israel has also regularly bombed the south.
    USA Today, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 2023-24, Jones had a career year for the Mavericks, who were defeated by the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some decisions are prudent, such as the Las Vegas Raiders to defeat the New England Patriots at a nice underdog price.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lakes froze thick enough to skate across, the air stung sharp in the lungs, and the game every boy seemed to dream about was hockey.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • It’s revealed that Sklar was Lori’s inspiration as a child to become an artist, only to crush that spark a dozen or so years later with stinging cruelty.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The people who attracted the most mosquitoes were those who drank beer, as well as people who smoked marijuana or shared their bed with others.
    Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike a traditional Jewish delicatessen, which serves smoked and cured meats like pastrami and corned beef, appetizing stores sell fresh fish and dairy.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Operating at the Frontier If yesterday’s winners mastered the deal model, tomorrow’s winners will master integration, culture, and execution.
    Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Within the first two hours online, high-level fighting players had already seemingly mastered the game’s beginner-friendly systems and begun using the easily executable combos to dominate the scene, air juggling hapless newbies into oblivion.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In June 2009, Kate filed for divorce following cheating allegations surrounding Jon.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Park Min-young played a timid wife seeking revenge on her cheating man in Marry My Husband.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nothing sends chills down your spine like evil clowns, undead monsters and a filthy car.
    Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.
    Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Skunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skunk. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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