stinker
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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
Just four days after Bill Plaschke promised that the Rams would win the Super Bowl, the team blew a big lead and lost in a stinker to the Seahawks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025
Rob Edwards has had an absolute stinker since leaving Middlesbrough to take the Wolves job.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The judges did admirable work laying out the historical record, saying, “This is a stinker, this is a loser.”
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
James played a couple of stinkers late in the regular season when the Lakers’ schedule was condensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2023
"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
Lake, who said on Monday that the blame for the Montana loss starts with him, will again have to bear the slings and arrows that come with back-to-back stinkers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
"What is it you want? You're looking very flushed and flustered this morning. What's the matter with you? Have those little stinkers been flicking spitballs at you?"
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
