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Recent Examples of slugger
The former Red Sox slugger shouted back at Freeland and veered away from the base path.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
Raleigh is also considered the biggest threat to the New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge in the race for AL MVP.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates slugger likes many of those changes, including the balanced schedule which allows teams to play all 29 opponents each year.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
His power outage has coincided with Kyle Tucker’s struggles, which have compounded the impact of both sluggers’ slumps.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2025
Raleigh is also considered the biggest threat to the New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge in the race for AL MVP.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates slugger likes many of those changes, including the balanced schedule which allows teams to play all 29 opponents each year.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
His power outage has coincided with Kyle Tucker’s struggles, which have compounded the impact of both sluggers’ slumps.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
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Mexican boxing legend Canelo, the undisputed super middleweight champion, is up against undefeated Crawford, one of the most accomplished American boxers in the modern era.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Related to that is what the boxing figure describes as a change in how boxers are valued commercially.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Why Exit Planning Can’t Wait Returning to our boxing metaphor, a big plot point of Rocky IV centers on the pugilist’s unease with complacency.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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She is next slated to appear in the boxing drama Christy, based on the life of real professional pugilist Christy Martin.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson as Balrog Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent, will play Balrog, the boxer initially modeled on real-life prizefighter Mike Tyson.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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But on a tour on which Lamar stands as the equivalent of an undefeated prizefighter with no close suitors, a bold visionary taking hip-hop and dialect places seldom explored, the disconnect is too severe.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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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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Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave draws inspiration from Roman gladiator Colosseum games.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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They were infames lumped in with gladiators and prostitutes at the very bottom of the social ladder.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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That pug is the mob boss, and the rottie is the loyal henchman.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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French bulldogs, pugs, and other short-nosed dog breeds have had a grip on dog lovers for years now.—
Laura Baisas Aug 6,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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