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Recent Examples of stunk
Younger players either watched or didn’t improve as the Raiders stunk on ice.
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Vic Tafur, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Dolphins have stunk lately in weather like this.
—Greg Cote
january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
Minnesota’s late-game offense stunk a year ago.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Vic Tafur, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Dolphins have stunk lately in weather like this.
—Greg Cote
january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
Minnesota’s late-game offense stunk a year ago.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stunk
Verb
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The floors smelled of bleach, but a ripe smell of men’s bodies filled the air.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Officers smelled alcohol on Richardson.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Dinner starts with a brief discussion about Dorit having dinner with PK, a gel fart that has been collected from the air, sucked up into a syringe, and then used as lip filler for Saddam Hussein’s corpse.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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Could Leeds United be sucked back into danger?—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The gangway between the tents opened up to a vast area of benches that reeked of wet dogs under the pressure of texturizing sprays, mousse, rollers, flat irons, and blow-dryers.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Ed’s uncle’s garage apartment reeked of must and jug wine.—
Nick Dothée,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Stunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stunk. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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