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Recent Examples of zinger
Taurasi, 42, threw a zinger at Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green during the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to Time magazine.
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
Place your zinger as the second-to-last line, before your call to action.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
His ringmaster’s charisma, chameleonic voices, and occasionally viral socio-anarchist zingers work in concert with his encyclopedic knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition to qualify him as arguably the greatest Dungeon Master alive.
—Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
The Matlock writers have a lot of fun with modern college Greek culture, getting in a few good zingers about the kids’ sickly sweet cocktail recipes (rum, strawberry lemonade, Sour Patch Kids) and about how many of them are named Kennedy.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
Place your zinger as the second-to-last line, before your call to action.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
His ringmaster’s charisma, chameleonic voices, and occasionally viral socio-anarchist zingers work in concert with his encyclopedic knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition to qualify him as arguably the greatest Dungeon Master alive.
—Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
The Matlock writers have a lot of fun with modern college Greek culture, getting in a few good zingers about the kids’ sickly sweet cocktail recipes (rum, strawberry lemonade, Sour Patch Kids) and about how many of them are named Kennedy.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinger
Noun
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In a perfectly coifed wig, with a sly smile and endless witticisms, Snook takes on 26 different roles across the show's nearly two hour runtime.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Throughout, Snook hams for laughs, turning Wilde’s witticisms and epigrams into slapstick.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Garcia inspired a steady stream of social media wisecracks by pairing the red hat and shirt for his LIV Golf team, Fireballs GC, with bright yellow pants.—
Brooks Peck,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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And outside of fighting, your companions are always ready to offer some welcome contextual wisecracks or pithy advice in all manner of situations.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At the end of a traumatic week, Thompson could afford a wry quip.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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While mingling with attendees on the South Lawn, Trump delivered a quip that drew laughs, including from his wife, first lady Melania Trump.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2025
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The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Most recently, the Kremlin has settled on a strategy that involves legal sallies against international digital companies—including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.—
Andrei Soldatov,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Nov. 2015
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“Zinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zinger. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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