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as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
you cannot blackjack me into going along with this
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as in to intimidate
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
an extortionist trying to blackjack a shopkeeper into paying protection money
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as in cane
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Recent Examples of blackjack
BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2024
The money, most likely, had gone toward more of my mother’s prayers—numbers and horses and blackjack.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Verb
The casino may be able to pick up some additional money from tables, after the gaming commission in mid-March allowed craps to resume and blackjack tables to expand.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Noun
Trending on Billboard Last year, Rubin and Jay teamed up to host another high-profile blackjack tournament at the same hotel in Atlantic City.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2024
The money, most likely, had gone toward more of my mother’s prayers—numbers and horses and blackjack.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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Posey wasn’t sufficiently deterred by the fact that signing Adames, who had been extended a qualifying offer by the Brewers, will force the Giants to sacrifice their second- and fifth-round picks along with $1 million in international bonus money from their 2026 pool.Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, in 1739 Scotland, Roger (Richard Rankin) and Buck (Diarmaid Murtagh) track down the tinker who lost a bet and was forced to part with Roger’s father’s WWI identification tags.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Take risks and try new things, even if the risks are intimidating.Brian Slipka, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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No standard-issue heartthrob, Law began his career as a veritable emblem of intimidating, unattainable, sometimes self-sabotaging male beauty.Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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The future outlook, unfortunately, is cloudy for lovers of the morning cup o’ Joe.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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Dustin Reed, a father of one of the special needs children refused dine-in service at the restaurant, moved the cups away from the demonstration.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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The unhinged duo struck Valez with their fists and a cane before the male attacker brought Luna into the room, accused him of stealing a moped battery and beat him to death, Kenny said.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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In mid-November, prune the rose to remove dead and diseased canes.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Wynant’s character is coerced into releasing a man imprisoned in a monastery who turns out to be the devil.Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2024
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Vance also suggested that wealthy parents might go so far as to coerce their children to undergo gender surgeries to get into better colleges and universities.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Buzbee, in return, has accused Carter of a campaign of harassment and bullying against him, his firm and his family.Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The series stars Purnell (Yellowjackets, Sweetbitter) as Rhiannon Lewis, a meek newspaper-office receptionist who was mercilessly bullied in high school.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Force Ghosts • Raise a tankard of Weequay Pirate Brew to Michael Abels, The Acolyte’s composer.Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 June 2024
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Old New York money probably chased a tankard from around 1710 that belonged to Henry Beekman, whose grandson, Robert Livingston, signed the Declaration of Independence.Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
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Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
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Before word of the murder has even reached Rhaenyra, Aegon has bludgeoned her would-be flagbearer to death with an ornate mace.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 June 2024
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“Blackjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackjack. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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