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Recent Examples of stumblebum
The stumblebum energy disarms us, which makes the gruesome cruelty of the kills that much more disturbing.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums, a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact.
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Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
2 Nov. 2018
Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details.
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James Fallows,
The Atlantic,
20 July 2017
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
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Kurt Eichenwald,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2015
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums, a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact.
—
Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
2 Nov. 2018
Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details.
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James Fallows,
The Atlantic,
20 July 2017
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
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Kurt Eichenwald,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stumblebum
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Don’t be a palooka, start Nacua.
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One year after the Academy bafflingly ignored his work in Sideways, Giamatti finally scored his first Oscar nomination for his purely entertaining performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard’s proudly old-fashioned Depression-era palooka drama.
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Many weekend duffers buy their equipment at Dick’s Sporting Goods .
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Prior to 2023, when the streamer hosted its first live sports event—the Netflix Cup featured F1 drivers and pro duffers squaring off in a nine-hole match—the company brass were adamant about staying out of that lane.
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Manager John Schneider has provided a timeline for the return of their $92 million slugger, Anthony Santander.
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Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami has become associated with the wand, and Vasil enjoys giving the Japanese media something to write about, especially with Murakami sidelined.
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Roberts suggested to Fox 8 Live that the boxer dog may have been triggered to attack after seeing him in a bright orange coat.
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Latto was there, along with Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, Dawn Staley of South Carolina coaching fame, prolific boxer Claressa Shields, local rapper Fabo and Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens.
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But Ford had stripped these two unpainted entries down to the chassis, like prizefighters shedding final pounds before weigh-in.
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The explosive jazz‑rock pianist – known for redefining piano performance with the physicality of a prizefighter and the swagger of a rock guitarist – is set to turn the DIA’s auditorium into something closer to a sonic combustion chamber.
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The Antonoff of the early Bleachers albums was pop’s pint-sized pugilist, muscling his way to the front of the pack.
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In terms of skippers, our Frank Selee might rightly be considered more philosopher than a pugilist.
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The second film stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Maximus, who returns to Rome as a prisoner and is trained to be a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave played by Denzel Washington, who has plans to overthrow the twin emperors.
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Biden likened the matches to Roman gladiator fights staged by 1st century emperors during undemocratic times.
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Short-muzzle breeds like pugs and bull dogs are at higher risk of heat stroke, as are older dogs, overweight dogs and dogs with medical conditions, according to Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine.
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The black pug, named Shadow, was found trapped at the bottom of a deep hole at a construction site in Northern California on June 16, according to the Marin County Fire Department.
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“Stumblebum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stumblebum. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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