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Recent Examples of stank
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
And after a decade without postseason play in town, few fans have been brave enough to suggest the team should have intentionally stunk again instead.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Younger players either watched or didn’t improve as the Raiders stunk on ice.
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Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Dolphins have stunk lately in weather like this.
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Greg Cote
january 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
Nikola Jokic stunk in Game 3 on Thursday in Minneapolis.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
And after a decade without postseason play in town, few fans have been brave enough to suggest the team should have intentionally stunk again instead.
—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Younger players either watched or didn’t improve as the Raiders stunk on ice.
—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Dolphins have stunk lately in weather like this.
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Greg Cote
january 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stank
Noun
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Avoid puddles - Driving into puddles or low rainwater areas can lead to vehicles hydroplaning or losing control.
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Twice a week, walk the yard, dump anything with a puddle, and you’re done.
Verb
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But the next three years reeked of alpha decay—the firm’s average yearly gain slumped from eighteen per cent to nine.
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His shirt reeked of the flowery-formaldehyde tartness of mothballs pickling dress pockets in a closet.
Verb
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Yet both Carney and his creator kept getting sucked back in.
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And seriously, without fail, I got completely sucked into Oprah’s magic.
Noun
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
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Infante said on May 13, a group of ducklings hatched on her porch and walked over to the community pool.
Verb
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In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
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Max also smelled awful, could barely walk and had about nine to 10 wounds on his body, according to the document.
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“Stank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stank. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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