stumper
Example Sentences
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The conversation grew increasingly heated from there as Carlson launched stumper after stumper made up of basic facts.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025
The big-time stumper that year, however, was on the Republican side: George W. Bush passed over the prospects that advisor Dick Cheney was vetting and tapped Cheney himself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024
The first step — choosing a profile name — is a stumper.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2015
A few years ago, this question would’ve been a constitutional stumper.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2014
That was a stumper until Pete Barnes had another idee, and that was that old Otto Schmidt, the trusty shoe repairer of Ryeville, might know.
From The Comings of Cousin Ann by Sampson, Emma Speed
