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Recent Examples of stumblebum
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.
—James Fallows, The Atlantic, 20 July 2017
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
—Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
Joe Queenan, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details.
—James Fallows, The Atlantic, 20 July 2017
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
—Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stumblebum
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Don’t be a palooka, start Nacua.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
12 Dec. 2024
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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.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2024
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After losing generational slugger Juan Soto to a record-setting free agent offer from the New York Mets last year, the New York Yankees may be desperate to prevent another power-hitting outfielder from exploring the open market after a single season with the franchise.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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While walking alongside the former professional baseball player, Wallen, 30, took a bat from the slugger and attempted to mimic Bautista's iconic bat flip.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Mexican boxing legend Canelo, the undisputed super middleweight champion, is up against undefeated Crawford, one of the most accomplished American boxers in the modern era.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Related to that is what the boxing figure describes as a change in how boxers are valued commercially.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson as Balrog Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent, will play Balrog, the boxer initially modeled on real-life prizefighter Mike Tyson.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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But on a tour on which Lamar stands as the equivalent of an undefeated prizefighter with no close suitors, a bold visionary taking hip-hop and dialect places seldom explored, the disconnect is too severe.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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For many enthusiasts, these innovations make the game more appealing and even addictive, enabling duffers on public courses to command drives and putts that golfers floundering on the sandy Scottish links more than 600 years ago could never imagine.—
Miles Corwin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Finally, and a must for a duffer like me, is a quirky little nine-hole golf course — Chula Vista — that’s monstrously hilly, twisting, tree-and-ravine-laden, with impossible slanting greens.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Why Exit Planning Can’t Wait Returning to our boxing metaphor, a big plot point of Rocky IV centers on the pugilist’s unease with complacency.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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She is next slated to appear in the boxing drama Christy, based on the life of real professional pugilist Christy Martin.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave draws inspiration from Roman gladiator Colosseum games.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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They were infames lumped in with gladiators and prostitutes at the very bottom of the social ladder.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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That pug is the mob boss, and the rottie is the loyal henchman.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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French bulldogs, pugs, and other short-nosed dog breeds have had a grip on dog lovers for years now.—
Laura Baisas Aug 6,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Stumblebum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stumblebum. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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