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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
Noun
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His sliders on Monday were less effective and one of them resulted in a home run to Colorado Rockies slugger Michael Toglia.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Marsh, a 6-2, 208-pound lefty slugger, hit a grand slam in the first inning of Miami’s 8-0 win over Princeton on Sunday as the Hurricanes swept the four-game weekend series with the Tigers.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2025
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The 29-year-old boxer and her 46-year-old beau took a baecation to Hawaii to commemorate the long weekend, where the rapper also held the inaugural Hawaii Fest alongside YG Marley, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Sean Paul, Kamiayah, CuhDeeJah, and more.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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For the show's star Stephen Graham, who plays veteran boxer Sugar Goodson, the answer is a firm no.—
Griff Griffin,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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In the next scene, the boy is no longer dressed like a prizefighter, but in street clothes with a teddy bear sticking out of his backpack, embracing his parents.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
7 Feb. 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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Not candlelight dinners for two old duffers plodding along, but an act of kindness so needed, especially during rough times.—
Bulletin Board,
Twin Cities,
6 Oct. 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
Noun
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The true-life sports biopic unleashes Leo as Alice, the loud, over-the-top matriarch of a large Boston family and manager mom to Micky Ward, a championship boxing contender trained by his drug-addict pugilist half-brother Dicky.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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An odd corps of swampy Washington DC pugilists are ready to engage, likely supplemented by political pressure from shipbuilding companies.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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The team also discovered a second new species of gladiator frog.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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The moody brute is more than just a gladiator to Macrinus, however.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
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Whatever the analogy, being at Westminster was a triumph for Guster the rescue pug.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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As highlighted by the American Kennel Club (AKC), pugs are affectionate and playful dogs that thrive on companionship.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Stumblebum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stumblebum. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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