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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
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
—Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
From the mid-1960s through the early ’70s, my prime rooting years, the Yankees were a team of stumblebums not even redeemed by charm.
—James Traub, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
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
Joe Queenan, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
—Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
From the mid-1960s through the early ’70s, my prime rooting years, the Yankees were a team of stumblebums not even redeemed by charm.
—James Traub, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stumblebum
Noun
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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
Noun
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Of the multiple Ohtani bobbleheads given away at Dodger Stadium, one even features the slugger with his dog Decoy.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The slugger hit 24 home runs in 114 games last season, then homered seven times during a red-hot postseason.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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He is seen wearing essential styles from the collections, like the cotton and stretch five-inch boxers.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Cameroonian boxer Cindy Ngamba, 26, became the first-ever medalist for the Refugee Olympic Team after taking home the bronze in the women's 75 kg boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the next scene, the boy is no longer dressed like a prizefighter, but in street clothes with a teddy bear sticking out of his backpack, embracing his parents.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Buffalo this year was the prizefighter dropping his gloves, sticking out his chin and daring any of three opponents to land a haymaker.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Not candlelight dinners for two old duffers plodding along, but an act of kindness so needed, especially during rough times.—
Bulletin Board,
Twin Cities,
6 Oct. 2024
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Plenty a duffer who opposed the invasion of Iraq and the privatization of Social Security has gone on to invoke the line in admiring jest.—
Ben McGrath,
The New Yorker,
29 July 2024
Noun
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Bernthal, with his handsome pugilist’s profile, plays Braxton’s emotions explosively close to the surface.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Eriksen can be a skilled on-ball creator but is more poet than pugilist when competing for loose balls.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, because the Romans cremated their dead for many years, archaeologists have not found many gladiator bodies.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the trailer Season 4 of the Emmy-winning program, streaming May 15 on Netflix, MrBeast leads a galactic gladiator ring with dinosaur-riding mutants and John Oliver plays an adorable robot butler.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Or make that 27, because Pudgy, Betty’s pug, a marionette with a lolling pink tongue operated by the puppeteer Phillip Huber, sometimes shakes a leg too.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Breeds like border collies, Siberian huskies, or Jack Russell terriers may need more exercise compared to pugs, Chihuahuas, or greyhounds, But even dogs within the same breed may have individual preferences.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Stumblebum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stumblebum. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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