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Recent Examples of ham
Lyndsay C. Green, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025
The hot sauce blended better with the ham than the sausage, and the egg didn’t block the flavor as much.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
Flopping Is a Welcome Sideshow: Basketball stars from Nikola Jokic to Kyle Lowry are hamming up their reactions to even the slightest contact, writes our columnist.
—James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
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Noun
Her Gratiot Pesto is bright and aromatic, trading Parmesan for heftier portions of garlic and herbs, and a No Swine Hawaiian replaces ham with sweet seitan bacon.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025
The hot sauce blended better with the ham than the sausage, and the egg didn’t block the flavor as much.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
The five-person group appears to be posing for the camera, hamming up their respective jobs.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
Flopping Is a Welcome Sideshow: Basketball stars from Nikola Jokic to Kyle Lowry are hamming up their reactions to even the slightest contact, writes our columnist.
—James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ham
Adjective
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Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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The tone is maddeningly ambiguous, somewhere between stupid and serious, hammy and apocalyptic—in other words, consummate Crews.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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At your groin, just above the crease where the thigh meets the abdomen.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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Newcastle insist the striker has a minor thigh problem that a long-haul flight would not have helped.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
Noun
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In an ’87 landscape of Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page clones, Santiago had no desire to be another poser.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2025
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Mohammed's character Hugh has to snort cocaine during the trio's initial meeting with the gangster Fly (Paddy Considine) to prove that the trio aren't posers.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Upton was a Navy radioman aboard the USS Utah when torpedoes hit the battleship and quickly capsized it, the nonprofit Pacific Historic Parks said in a social media post.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Upton served as a radioman throughout the war, Farley said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In Memphis, he was photographed with one foot on the running board of a car, jabbing a gun at the camera and aping a pose made famous by Bonnie Parker.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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All of the hallmarks that made the group such a force in the Seventies and Eighties — the irresistible melodies, the spark-up-and-chill vibes, those voices — are present here, without any trace of aping the past.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Extending the emphasis on nature, a ring with a 6.02 carat Brazilian aquamarine, resting on a shank embellished with two Paraiba tourmalines and diamond petals to mimic a rose, joins the new line.—
India Brown,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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While classics like Rio’s fajitas remain on the menu, executive chef Jesus Martinez has added more elevated, traditional Mexican dishes like a roasted pork shank birria and striped bass veracruzana.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Burrow has had multiple injuries in the past – ACL, calf and wrist along with an appendectomy – but the slow Cincinnati starts have worn on him mentally.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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She’s only played in 13 of the Indiana Fever’s 25 games so far — even missing this year’s WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis — with calf and groin injuries.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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The episode opens with the chilling 911 call made on the night of Phoenix’s death, instantly setting the tone for a deep and emotional journey into the young actor’s life.—
William Earl,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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It’s already been four years since the last James Bond movie, Daniel Craig’s Bond swan song, No Time to Die, was released in theaters, and, in that lull, there’s still no new actor cast as James Bond.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Ham.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ham. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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