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Recent Examples of stumblebum
As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums, a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact.
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Joe Queenan, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
—Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
From the mid-1960s through the early ’70s, my prime rooting years, the Yankees were a team of stumblebums not even redeemed by charm.
—James Traub, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details.
—James Fallows, The Atlantic, 20 July 2017
Joe Queenan, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
—Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
From the mid-1960s through the early ’70s, my prime rooting years, the Yankees were a team of stumblebums not even redeemed by charm.
—James Traub, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details.
—James Fallows, The Atlantic, 20 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stumblebum
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One year after the Academy bafflingly ignored his work in Sideways, Giamatti finally scored his first Oscar nomination for his purely entertaining performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard’s proudly old-fashioned Depression-era palooka drama.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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Sylvester Stallone's underdog tale about a struggling palooka given one shot at the heavyweight championship is a stirring sports movie with a level of charm and sweetness that dissipated in the rounds (and rounds) of sequels that followed.Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 July 2019
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As a left-handed batter, Rodriguez’s approach resembles plodding sluggers like Kyle Schwarber, Adam Dunn and late-career Jim Thome, averaging 30 homers, 150 walks and 200 strikeouts per 150 games.Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The New York Mets are seen as the favorites to sign slugger Pete Alonso in free agency this winter, rightfully so.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Joshua may not be the first name that comes to mind when thinking of a racket sport, but co-owners Yentob and Murray are sure the boxer embodies the team’s values.Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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This is followed by a montage of videos showing Monty as a baby, placing his fists close to his face like boxers do when protecting themselves in a fight.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Buffalo this year was the prizefighter dropping his gloves, sticking out his chin and daring any of three opponents to land a haymaker.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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The choice, as Huston pointed out, brought a sense of timelessness to the story of Mikey (Michael Pitt), a prizefighter freshly out of prison who spends the day before his last fight reconnecting with his past in 1989 New York City.Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Plenty a duffer who opposed the invasion of Iraq and the privatization of Social Security has gone on to invoke the line in admiring jest.Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Many duffers would pick two-time major PGA Tour champion John Daly, whose on-and-off course feats have become legend.Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
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The 36-year-old Irish martial arts fighter announced his intentions to take on the 29-year-old pugilist Tuesday.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Texas Democrat has quickly emerged as among the most prominent of the Democrats’ young and rising stars, carving out a reputation as a fierce partisan pugilist ready to take on conservatives over some of the hottest topics being debated in the Capitol.Mike Lillis, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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The figure appears to be left-handed, suggesting it was based on a real-life fighter, as the Romans believed left-handedness was unlucky and likely wouldn’t have given this trait to a generic gladiator.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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In his movie career so far, Paul Mescal has played a gladiator, a ghost, an android, and a father.Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The couple left their home last evening with their two pugs after smoke engulfed their neighborhood near Eaten County, Bobbie Oliver said, where winds reached 70 mph.Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Vito, a 2-and-a-half-year-old pug from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, took home the coveted title of Best in Show, beating out about 2,000 dogs representing 205 breeds and varieties, according to the Kennel Club of Philadelphia who hosted the event.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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