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as in disaster
something that has failed
a real clunker, the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere
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That’s probably for the best, as the movie’s dialogue largely consists of clunkers.
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2024
The Chicago Bears were not only processing their first loss this season — a 19-13 clunker against the Houston Texans on a prime-time stage.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
Tuesday night was a clunker by comparison, a 6-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
So, who else might play? Easton Stick will start for the second consecutive game at quarterback despite a clunker of a performance against the Seahawks.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 16 Aug. 2024
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2024
The Chicago Bears were not only processing their first loss this season — a 19-13 clunker against the Houston Texans on a prime-time stage.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
Tuesday night was a clunker by comparison, a 6-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
So, who else might play? Easton Stick will start for the second consecutive game at quarterback despite a clunker of a performance against the Seahawks.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunker
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Her dog bolted right past her arms and went straight into the crate.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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But when Trump left, the building would return to normal and the flags stuffed in crates.Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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Regional authorities have been heavily criticized for having issued alerts to mobile phones some two hours after the disaster had started.Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The rule could prevent a disaster like the one that happened with Synapse, where thousands of consumers lost access to their funds.Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The other factor is the failure of the Biden administration to put an end to the Israeli wars that caused the deaths of more than 43,000 Palestinians by continuing supplies of weapons.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The public had grown frustrated with democracy’s failure to deliver economic dividends and saw Saied as someone who would break through the gridlock and stand up to corruption within the rest of the political class.Sarah E. Yerkes, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Pro-democracy advocates all over the world watched with disappointment and alarm as Trump took the former course, plumbing the depths of bigotry and fear, and vowing to take vengeance.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Hearing about their dreams as well as their disappointments.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Clunker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunker. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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