stinker
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And those “prestige” titles are declining in quality, too, leaving one to wonder what a quantity-over-quality business like Netflix stands to gain from putting out stinker after stinker.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Their start was an absolute stinker - they were very flat against Hull.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
There’s apparently been no clarification since then from the Bell-Shepard household, but another supposed stinker who felt the need to redefine his role in that alleged 2021 trend was actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 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
She inspected the damage done by her stinker of a goat.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
And yes, he helped write some serious stinkers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
We know the Seahawks won’t finish undefeated, but a lot of teams have overcome season-opening stinkers to have excellent seasons.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
And that's really saying something because, as I've mentioned in the past, I thought Season 6, "Roanoke," and Season 9, "1984," were real stinkers.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
"There's no-one else who's got their dad in the stadium calling the race. I've had so many stinkers where he's been calling it that it's nice to have this."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2022
I think I might enjoy writing end-of-term reports for the stinkers in my class.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
