as in objections
a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent
many town residents raised an unholy stink about the proposal to increase taxes yet again
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Recent Examples of stinks
Joe Vardon, New York Times, 24 May 2026
If someone stinks and has options, send him back to the minors.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
Without change, tomorrow will be like today, and today stinks.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
His eyes are healthy, although his vision stinks.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Glowicki stars as a lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
The copper-mining industry has so polluted the town that its air stinks and its mountains are covered in black ash.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
In parts of Arizona, stinknet (Oncosiphon piluliferum) really stinks.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
And the reality stinks for Cleveland right now.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 24 May 2026
If someone stinks and has options, send him back to the minors.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
Without change, tomorrow will be like today, and today stinks.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
His eyes are healthy, although his vision stinks.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Glowicki stars as a lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
The copper-mining industry has so polluted the town that its air stinks and its mountains are covered in black ash.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
In parts of Arizona, stinknet (Oncosiphon piluliferum) really stinks.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinks
Noun
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Referees did not blow the whistle for a foul on the play, despite forceful objections from the Knicks bench.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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So why have these objections remained so potent?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Scent is closely tied to memory and mood, and a home that smells distinctly like your home — not like a hotel lobby or a department store — tends to feel more grounding.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
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Every single thing that gets touched, if it’s ripped, damaged or smells, gets chucked away.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
Verb
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However, the remaster sucks a lot of color from the game, at least in the demo build.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
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Capital also becomes scarcer as debt sucks up money that would otherwise go to more productive investments.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
Noun
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More complaints, from at home and abroad, will likely come.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Please feel welcome to direct your thoughts and complaints to the comments section.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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This policy has remained largely consistent through recent seasons and applies across Grand Slams and tour events (with some exceptions like Wimbledon in 2022, which briefly went further and banned them entirely before reversing course).—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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With rare exceptions, the America 250 exhibitions and programs of US museums reflect plans set around 2024, rather than in response to the urgency or precarity of the moment.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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“Stinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinks. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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