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stinking

[sting-king] / ˈstɪŋ kɪŋ /


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Stafford Hopkins is good-looking, brilliant, successful and stinking rich.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In the Clippers’ 111-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, Harden looked nothing like the player with a reputation for stinking up arenas at this stage of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

It was horrifying for his friend to see him enveloped by stinking, rotting waste.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

The now-shuttered Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, where part of the finale was set, is recalled by Pruitt as a dump with stinking carpet.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024

Still among the bees, they reached a stinking ditch of slurry which they crossed by a wobbling plank.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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