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
Tarantino’s end credits’ citation of another piece of period marketing, a 1960s “Batman” radio promotion featuring Adam West and Burt Ward, offer another stumper of an Easter Egg.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2019
It’s a stumper, but hardly one that you’re going to lose sleep over.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2018
In the melting pot that is the big wide world, “Who am I?” is the ultimate stumper.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018
This logic was rather a stumper; but they took him up, as before said, and carried him for further examination.
From The Women of the Confederacy by Underwood, J. L.
