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  • present participle of stink.
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stinking

[sting-king] / ˈstɪŋ kɪŋ /


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“These are all the struggles I think about every stinking day,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

To others, it put a stop to nights of stinging eyes and stinking clothes - and, most importantly, it saved lives.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Miles and miles of refineries and their stinking tailings ponds, adjacent to beach resorts that run on desalination plants.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Behind them, the two big knights raised their heads from their fetid, stinking task.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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