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
The judges did admirable work laying out the historical record, saying, “This is a stinker, this is a loser.”
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2025
Bournemouth were impressive at Molineux on Saturday but Wolves did not half make things easy for them, and their goalkeeper Jose Sa had a real stinker.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
Those went nowhere because the song was a stinker.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
Then that stinker Paulie T. said, “I’m still mad, and don’t think I’m forgetting anything, Ida B. And I’m not too sure about forgiving, either.”
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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Yes, I had a few stinkers, but also some really good ones.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
James played a couple of stinkers late in the regular season when the Lakers’ schedule was condensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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
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
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