stunner
Americannoun
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stunners
plural
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a person or thing that stuns.
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Informal. a person or thing of striking excellence, beauty, achievement, etc.
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Yasin Ayari scores a stunner for Sweden against Tunisia but refuses to celebrate.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Only art itself can restore it and the scene in which it does is a stunner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
A stunner, to say the least, and another reminder that sports aren’t just unpredictable, but ruthless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Pulled off a stunner of his own to end England's fightback.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
It’s only there, in the midst of chaos, that I realize I forgot the stunner in the bathroom.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
A shortlist of must-see masterpieces out of roughly 2,500 stunners at the biggest U.S. museum relaunch of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Reiner’s filmography was full of these gems, with stunners like “Stand By Me” and “The Princess Bride” that defined not just their era but people’s entire lives.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
Likewise, for every gorgeous shot of a tornado of dragons whirling though a crack in a cave, a dozen other potential stunners have been given a dull dusting of “authentic” dirt and fog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
The houses are a handsome and diverse lot, running from traditional cottages to postmodern stunners by architects such as Aldo Rossi and Léon Krier.
From Slate ● May 3, 2023
They did not use the sonic, stunners but the foray gun, the ancient weapon that fires a set of metal fragments in a burst.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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