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Recent Examples of Synonyms for movers and shakers
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Sharp, a rookie second-round draft pick from Houston, continued to impress at both ends of the floor with big shots and big stops on defense.
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Charles came up huge in the closing minutes, grabbing crucial rebounds and hitting big shots down the stretch.
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The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.
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Against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Wrexham twice raced into a two-goal lead only for the half-time of introduction of the Premier League’s ‘big guns’ to underline how far the Welsh club still has to go if their owners’ top flight ambitions are to be realised.
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But taking on one of Wall Street’s big boys, and then getting squashed for it, ranks right up there.
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Then the Bruins big boys decided to make a statement after that.
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The car's quirky appearance is enhanced by a sporty body kit and big wheels that are pushed to the farthest edges.
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The cars that Geely showcased at CES, in Las Vegas, were large SUVs with big wheels, opulent interiors, and three rows of seats—not unlike a Ford Explorer.
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The fat cats in Congress who’ve been making a killing on Wall Street were none too pleased.
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Nah, that's for the fat cats and money-grubbers.
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Based on those figures, Honsal said 731 dogs remain unaccounted for.
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Kids will create origami figures, write wishes on them and hang them on bamboo.
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Several members of the cast and writer’s room, including Dippold and co-star Jeff Hiller, got their start with the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational sketch-comedy group founded by comedy bigwigs like Amy Poehler and Adam McKay.
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Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion.
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