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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stumblebums
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Ahead of New York’s mayoral election last month, a billboard for Polymarket in Times Square showed Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo face to face, but with their photos edited to give them bare chests, like prizefighters at a weigh-in.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025 -
Most people participating in American warrior culture are not prizefighters, of course, and relatively few are veterans.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Reality contestants in novels should be gladiators fighting to the death.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Ashur’s gladiators, especially the ambitious Tarchon (Jordi Webber) and Korris, are eager to bask in the notoriety, riches and freedoms a champion status would bring them.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
1 Dec. 2025
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UBOs would offer pay, health care, insurance, anti-betting and other protections that states inconsistently provide and give boxers opportunities to sign multiyear contracts.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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As an amateur, Cruz won three AIBA World Championships, two Pan American Games golds and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medal at lightweight, cementing himself as one of the best Cuban boxers of his era.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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