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

In the new book, reader “Josh of Woonsocket, R.I.” poses the potential stumper: “Has humanity produced enough paint to cover the entire land area of the Earth?”

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

But he couldn’t resist the allure of this scientific stumper.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2021

For eighteen years the writer has been seated at his desk, and all kinds of books have been passed in review, but has never before met with such a stumper as Etidorhpa.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri