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Recent Examples of stank
Greg Cote
january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
Minnesota’s late-game offense stunk a year ago.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Dolphins have stunk lately in weather like this.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for stank
Noun
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The basin should resemble a shallow puddle, similar to what birds find in nature.—
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Avoid puddles - Driving into puddles or low rainwater areas can lead to vehicles hydroplaning or losing control.—
Verb
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The 2000s babies reeked of youth.—
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The bathroom reeked of mold, its windowless walls preventing damp towels from ever fully drying.—
Verb
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Multiple objects, including the phones of two passengers, Wiprud's headset and multiple aircraft components, were sucked out of the aircraft.—
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It’s added a sometimes unbearable pressure to dozens of players and often sucked the life out of one of the NHL’s most passionate markets.—
Noun
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And at the Rolling Stones free concert outside San Francisco, the Hells Angels beat dozens of audience members with weighted pool cues before stabbing and beating one of them to death.—
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Critics argue that AHPs may segment the market by attracting healthier people, thereby undermining ACA risk pools and increasing costs for sicker enrollees.—
Verb
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Talbot wrote in the affidavit that Sweet smelled strongly of alcohol and had slurred speech, bloodshot glassy eyes and impaired memory.—
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Some of the packages contained traces of a substance that smelled like marijuana.—
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“Stank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stank. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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