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
That's a stinker for Toffees boss David Moyes, because Ndiaye in particular is so influential - and he is in my fantasy football team too.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 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
“I wouldn’t spend two more seconds thinking about what happened in that game,” Harbaugh said of Herbert’s four-interception stinker in a loss to the Houston Texas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
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
After all, the Kraken have also played stinkers against good teams: Losing badly to the New York Rangers, Vegas, Colorado, Edmonton and Vancouver at times.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
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
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