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Recent Examples of slugger
Each of those sluggers hit triple-digit homers for both Seattle and Texas.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The lethal lumber has been used by some sluggers in baseball for at least a year or two only, well, no one really noticed.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The addition of Kyle Tucker has proven to be one of the biggest acquisitions of the offseason as the slugger has looked like an MVP-level outfielder through the team's first dozen or so games.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
For one moment, for one at-bat, the second-year slugger had finally experienced a moment of reassurance, hitting a two-strike slider beyond the reach of two leaping Washington Nationals outfielders for his first long ball of the season.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The lethal lumber has been used by some sluggers in baseball for at least a year or two only, well, no one really noticed.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The addition of Kyle Tucker has proven to be one of the biggest acquisitions of the offseason as the slugger has looked like an MVP-level outfielder through the team's first dozen or so games.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
For one moment, for one at-bat, the second-year slugger had finally experienced a moment of reassurance, hitting a two-strike slider beyond the reach of two leaping Washington Nationals outfielders for his first long ball of the season.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
Noun
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He is seen wearing essential styles from the collections, like the cotton and stretch five-inch boxers.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Cameroonian boxer Cindy Ngamba, 26, became the first-ever medalist for the Refugee Olympic Team after taking home the bronze in the women's 75 kg boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 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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The 6-1 fighter is not your typical young pugilist.—
Tony Paige,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 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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Buffalo this year was the prizefighter dropping his gloves, sticking out his chin and daring any of three opponents to land a haymaker.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 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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Like gladiators entering the arena, 62 aspiring American Idol contestants survived the first round of Hollywood Week only to run into the buzzsaw of Sunday night’s (April 6) Showstopper rounds.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Apr. 2025
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Our adversarial system needs its legal gladiators on both sides of the political aisle to challenge government overreach and fight for their clients without fear of retribution.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Or make that 27, because Pudgy, Betty’s pug, a marionette with a lolling pink tongue operated by the puppeteer Phillip Huber, sometimes shakes a leg too.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Breeds like border collies, Siberian huskies, or Jack Russell terriers may need more exercise compared to pugs, Chihuahuas, or greyhounds, But even dogs within the same breed may have individual preferences.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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