field day

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Recent Examples of field day The sole McLaren of Norris had a rather mid-field day, without the top speed to pass, even with the drag-reduction system. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025 And if the fight in the Jets is anything like last week, that means Fields is in for a field day (what! Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 The Omaha Storm Chasers — the Royals’ Triple-A affiliate — had an offensive field day in their road game against the Columbus Clippers. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025 Those who think Boone's even-keel attitude hurts the club were having a field day during the losing streak. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for field day
Recent Examples of Synonyms for field day
Noun
  • The Kings came into the game stressing a good start, having been outscored 5-1 in the first period of their previous three outings, and instead face planted to spot the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Rocker finished his outing giving up two runs off six hits in five innings with three strikeouts but still ended up with the loss.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the summer, the monsoon rains fatten the grass into a verdant shag, an annual revel for grazers.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Skeptics wonder if the true intention is to undermine efforts to move away from Confederate associations, an issue that has long split people who favor preserving an aspect of southern heritage and those who want slavery-supporting revels stripped of valor.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • And that communication can be in the open, on a public channel susceptible to eavesdropping.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
  • For millennia, life in the region was lived out in the open, in the agora, the forum, the café terrace.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On a lark, Rosalind Rich Rieser once visited a psychic.
    Rebecca McCarthy, AJC.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • However, as the one person on set who truly has no idea that this is completely a lark, Anthony is truly the heart of the season.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But because this is a derby, we’re supposed to believe this latest thrashing is a statement.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • An angler competing in a walleye derby on Saskatchewan’s Montreal Lake was kicked out of the ice-fishing tournament Saturday after being accused of cheating.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Running a gymkhana in the 600SL would be like asking Her Majesty to run a boot-camp obstacle course.
    Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Veronica Duncan knew at once what to look for in a pony or a horse, after all those gymkhanas and point-to-points.
    The Economist, The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
Noun
  • Holloway’s second man-advantage marker in Friday’s romp cushioned the Blues’ lead to 6-2 just 82 seconds into the third period.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Anyone else fall asleep about an inning into last night’s romp over Arizona, then speed-run a replay this morning?
    Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Field day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20day. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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