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Recent Examples of stinker Granted, May's stinker and certainly Tibbs' minor league effort were both overshadowed Wednesday by a much more important bit of Red Sox news with Boston locking in franchise cornerstone Roman Anthony to a long-term contract extension. Mike Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025 Except for a few stinkers, Pixar has rarely made a truly bad movie. Barry Levitt, Time, 26 June 2025 The Wolves have delivered two stinkers, in Game 2 against the Lakers and in Game 1 of the conference semifinals last Tuesday. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025 In the 16 games before a total stinker against the Houston Rockets, Sarr averaged nearly 15 points, seven rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 blocks per game while shooting 48 percent from the field, 43 percent from 3 on nearly five attempts per contest and 61 percent from the line. Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stinker
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Noun
  • The host, Scotty, is an acerbic jerk who saves his meanest digs for Richter’s Mickey.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Saddled with an uninteresting jerk half the time and a muzzled non-entity the other half, there’s only a handful of moments in the first six episodes where Powell’s star power shines through.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The American Kennel Club stresses that keeping a consistent routine is important for dogs at every stage of life.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Del Mar Foundation invites the dogs of Del Mar and their humans to attend the fun and free Annual Halloween Dog Parade & Costume Competition.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Former Des Plaines officer Mike Albrecht recalled to NBC Chicago that when police were assigned to surveil Gacy after Piest's disappearance, the part-time clown would try to pal around with officers and invite them into his house.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The girls are just as down to clown, coming up with funny drunk poses and faces.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The player’s winning cards were a 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen and a joker acting as a king — all in clubs.
    Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If Payton doesn’t start shoving this offense through it, the joker’s on Broncos Country.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Stinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinker. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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