stinker
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Their start was an absolute stinker - they were very flat against Hull.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
When was the last time you had a conversation with someone about Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s 2010 stinker, “Knight and Day”?
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026
The judges did admirable work laying out the historical record, saying, “This is a stinker, this is a loser.”
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2025
Those went nowhere because the song was a stinker.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
She inspected the damage done by her stinker of a goat.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Never mind that DC Studios had, at the time, released several stinkers already.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Yes, I had a few stinkers, but also some really good ones.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
And yes, he helped write some serious stinkers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
This is curious, and the scientists suspect it has something to do with spotted skunks being the smallest of North America’s stinkers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
I think I might enjoy writing end-of-term reports for the stinkers in my class.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
