Recent Examples on the WebBrandon Huntley-Hatfield unleashed his frustration on a basketball, spiking it off the court to himself during a stoppage of play and shouting one of the four-letter words that were flying around the Louisville bench Saturday while the Cardinals floundered against Virginia.—The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2024 Signature stalwart Erin Weaver, cast as a male soldier named King who becomes Jones’s spotter, deserves another Helen Hayes Award for her innumerable phonetic variations on a particular four-letter word.—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 What also may be determined, after all these years, is whether DROP is still a four-letter word in San Diego.—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023 Attaching a 702 amendment to any stopgap spending bill at this hour, however, could serve as a poison pill, eliciting stiff opposition from House Republicans—such as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan—for whom FISA remains a four-letter word.—WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023 For example, even though The Good Fight was a spinoff of CBS’s The Good Wife, its creators wanted to make a program whose content wasn’t compatible with broadcast standards (think regular usage of four-letter words) and that aimed higher than the typical Eye procedural drama.—Vulture, 19 Oct. 2023 The answer to this week’s crossword contest is a four-letter part of the body.—WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023 Mold is an ugly four-letter word that is found too often in bathrooms.—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2023 The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a four-letter word.—WSJ, 23 June 2023
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