rooter

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Recent Examples of rooter Mazzotta said two of his former players now in the NFL — Kyle Peko (Chargers) and Greg Gaines (Tampa Bay) — helped pay for La Habra’s rooter buses to Oaks Christian and San Jacinto in the playoffs. Dan Albano, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025 While not native to Florida, wild hogs, also called feral hogs, feral swine, feral pigs, wild boar, wild pigs or piney woods rooter, live in all 67 Florida counties, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC). Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rooter
Noun
  • Its current head, Mike Selig, is a thirty-six-year-old lawyer and crypto booster.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The city’s leaders and economic boosters, for their part, have hammered home the idea that the Oakland airport boasts a faster entry-and-exit experience than San Francisco, and that its parking lot is a short walk across the street from the front entrance.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Angels fans certainly remember Adell knocking a ball over the fence in Texas during his rookie season, for a rare four-base error.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
  • This time, though, not even the fans were misled.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Granville Suite, once military reception rooms, is named after Christine Granville, rumored lover of Ian Fleming and apparently Churchill’s favorite spy.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
  • While the storm is looming, there are new glimmers of possibility—friends can become lovers, strangers can become friends on the subway, the supermarket aisles are charged with meaning.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But what about something for the wrestling devotees?
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The father-son duo received a private tour of the home — a dream outing for the pint-sized Elvis devotee.
    Ryan Brennan April 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Because Sidney Prescott, now Evans, exists only in relationship to Ghostface, the costume worn by many different knife-wielding maniacs over the years, starting with her high school boyfriend.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Because Sidney Prescott, now Evans, exists only in relationship to Ghostface, the costume worn by many different knife-wielding maniacs over the years, starting with her high school boyfriend.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the tip of the hectocotylus is covered in small sucker cups that are structurally identical to the sensory suckers on their regular hunting arms.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The worst part though, is all the suckers kept coming up from the pear roots.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio said radical religious fanatics leading Iran can’t be trusted with a nuclear weapon after attacking embassies and hotels during the war.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Attention discounted shoe shopping fanatics.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Like nuts, popcorn also requires more chewing, a physical act that takes time and allows for hunger-fullness cues to really settle in.
    Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Michigan starting point guard Elliot Cadeau rejoined his teammates for the Final Four and said Thursday his allergic reaction that required hospitalization a day earlier was due to an accidental exposure to nuts.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Rooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rooter. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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