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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamping
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After teasing us for a while, Volvo finally showed off the EX30 for real in 2023.
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Nike has been teasing its forthcoming partnership with the German team throughout this World Cup.
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But regardless of any gentle ribbing among friends, Griffin has never been shy about plastic surgery.
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The left-hander has stuck with the Mavs, despite his buddies back home ribbing him about the Spurs and Victor Wembanyama.
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This was offered as a way of talking about the Spanish capital on the whole, but it has been widely interpreted as flirting with 15-time Champions League winners Los Blancos.
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Like Friday, when a rookie lefty was flirting with a no-hitter in the middle innings, Bennett held New York hitless until Schuemann’s two-out homer in the fifth.
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Cabrera was down on the field at Joker Marchant Stadium on Monday, working with first basemen, laughing with coaches, even razzing a group of reporters.
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Just kidding, but seeing Angela’s team sweep Shamea’s at the Bailey Bowl basketball tournament was almost as satisfying as knowing Charles got to witness his former team’s historic win in person.
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Room was kidding, but someone inside Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday night had the power to make that happen.
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The formula is one of those shampoos formulated for a really great wash—delivering moisture and smoothing without toying too far into volumizing, densifying, or hair growth.
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The age-gap romance is one that Statsky said the writers have been toying around with for quite some time.
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Cranston and Essiedu convey a father-son bond of unusual closeness — hugging, play-fighting, joshing; but this physical proximity will be repeated at the end of the play to devastatingly different effect.
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Cheryl — who jumped in the mosh pit briefly at the first party — hung out in the back, sitting on her walker and gently joshing Erika’s young son for wearing earplugs while a singer screamed into the microphone.
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“Vamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamping. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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