stinker
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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
“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
Those went nowhere because the song was a stinker.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
The Trojans had their second-worst shooting night of the season at 37.9%, trailing only the 28.8% stinker against UC Irvine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
She inspected the damage done by her stinker of a goat.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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
