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Recent Examples of slugger
In 2020, he was hurt while trying to snare a foul ball hit by slugger Shohei Ohtani.
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Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Roberts kidded Ohtani about gifting him when the modest record was inevitably broken, and the new Dodgers slugger obliged with the toy.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The junior sluggers have combined for 48 home runs and 165 runs batted in, which leads all duos nationally.
—Tim Willert, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Despite its strong start, this team will only go as far as the star slugger can take it.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Roberts kidded Ohtani about gifting him when the modest record was inevitably broken, and the new Dodgers slugger obliged with the toy.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The junior sluggers have combined for 48 home runs and 165 runs batted in, which leads all duos nationally.
—Tim Willert, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Despite its strong start, this team will only go as far as the star slugger can take it.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
Noun
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Musk's breakup with the administration has been public and is well-documented, with Trump and the Tesla CEO trading calculated jabs like pro boxers.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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To get there, Engine Room VR recruited amateur and professional boxers, including British heavyweight Johnny Fisher, to act as ambassadors and consultants.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Bernthal, with his handsome pugilist’s profile, plays Braxton’s emotions explosively close to the surface.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Eriksen can be a skilled on-ball creator but is more poet than pugilist when competing for loose balls.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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Decrepit office buildings and flophouse hotels have been remade into pricey lofts and townhouses, the coolest address being where prizefighters Depp and Heard went at it tooth and nail, an art deco masterpiece called the Eastern Guardian Building, with its eerie clock tower and greenish glow.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In the next scene, the boy is no longer dressed like a prizefighter, but in street clothes with a teddy bear sticking out of his backpack, embracing his parents.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
7 Feb. 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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Colorado students deserve better than what Valor and other high schools lost to the gladiator ethos are serving up at the moment.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
15 May 2025
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Popular depictions of Roman gladiators in combat invariably include battling not just human adversaries but wild animals.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
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For example, canines with short legs, such as corgis, or ones with short noses, like pugs, find swimming to be difficult.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Have long or thick fur. Are a breed with breathing issues, including bulldogs, pugs, boxers, Boston terriers or Persian cats.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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