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Recent Examples of slugger
And with Smith’s backup Dalton Rushing emerging as a dangerous slugger in his own right, the team is well stocked at the catcher position.
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Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The Phillies slugger also tied a club mark with 20 homers in the team's first 45 games, first set by Cy Williams in 1923.
—CBS News, 16 May 2026
After sophomore slugger Taylor Shumaker followed her five-RBI day Friday against Florida A&M with a hitless outing, Cahalan supplied the offense.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
The Phillies slugger also tied a club mark with 20 homers in the team's first 45 games, first set by Cy Williams in 1923.
—ABC News, 15 May 2026
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Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The Phillies slugger also tied a club mark with 20 homers in the team's first 45 games, first set by Cy Williams in 1923.
—CBS News, 16 May 2026
After sophomore slugger Taylor Shumaker followed her five-RBI day Friday against Florida A&M with a hitless outing, Cahalan supplied the offense.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
The Phillies slugger also tied a club mark with 20 homers in the team's first 45 games, first set by Cy Williams in 1923.
—ABC News, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
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The event was organized by MVP, co-owned by influencer and boxer Jake Paul and businessman Nakisa Bridarian.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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While battling postpartum depression and addiction, Panettiere gave full custody of daughter, Kaya, to her father, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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In terms of skippers, our Frank Selee might rightly be considered more philosopher than a pugilist.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
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But a patient pugilist values the muffled thud of shots to the resolve.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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The explosive jazz‑rock pianist – known for redefining piano performance with the physicality of a prizefighter and the swagger of a rock guitarist – is set to turn the DIA’s auditorium into something closer to a sonic combustion chamber.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mustafa Fteja, 54, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday to obstructing justice, admitting to playing a key role in the bribery plot, which threw Gogic’s trial into disarray and landed the prizefighter’s lawyer in the crosshairs of a federal investigation.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Don’t be a palooka, start Nacua.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
12 Dec. 2024
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One year after the Academy bafflingly ignored his work in Sideways, Giamatti finally scored his first Oscar nomination for his purely entertaining performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard’s proudly old-fashioned Depression-era palooka drama.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2024
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Djimon Hounsou played Maximus’ right-hand man and closest ally, a Black Numidian man taken from his home as an enslaved gladiator.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
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The stories of gladiators and the sheer size of the arena captivate younger imaginations in a way few other sites can.—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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His pug, Thor, lives with Brenda’s sister.—
Nichole Manna,
ProPublica,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dog breeds like pugs and French and English bulldogs now have significantly altered skull shapes that result in serious, and even life-threatening, issues created by our value of aesthetics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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