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Recent Examples of ham
Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
The brand is also known for its Texas-style kolaches, which are savory pastries filled with sausage or ham and cheese.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
Flopping Is a Welcome Sideshow: Basketball stars from Nikola Jokic to Kyle Lowry are hamming up their reactions to even the slightest contact, writes our columnist.
—James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
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Noun
In particular, her ham and bean soup and split pea soup recipes.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
The brand is also known for its Texas-style kolaches, which are savory pastries filled with sausage or ham and cheese.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
The five-person group appears to be posing for the camera, hamming up their respective jobs.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
Flopping Is a Welcome Sideshow: Basketball stars from Nikola Jokic to Kyle Lowry are hamming up their reactions to even the slightest contact, writes our columnist.
—James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ham
Adjective
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Every actor’s Hamlet is theirs and theirs alone, and Olivier’s is big and hammy and searing and often quite devastating.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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More emotional scenes, however, feel hammy and didactic, heavy on the telling over the showing (and that telling hinges on being damn blunt about the whole thing, to boot).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Chicken with the skin on, like wings and thighs, can be a source of type II collagen.910 Type III: Type III is found in the skin, muscles, intestines, and blood vessels.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
19 Mar. 2025
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Then police examined the flesh wound, at a downward angle, on Beckford’s right thigh.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After the release of Elden Ring, a famously difficult bestseller, Musk posted a screenshot of his character, but his build instantly exposed him as a poser.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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This poser is hard to work through when we are only given the text.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Upton was a Navy radioman aboard the USS Utah when torpedoes hit the battleship and quickly capsized it, the nonprofit Pacific Historic Parks said in a social media post.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Upton continued to serve as a radioman during World War II and later started a family with wife Gene, who Pacific Historic Parks said died in 2018.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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But, for the most part, all of these experiences pale in comparison to the other games that are being aped, the ones that are the apex of their genre.—
Echo Apsey,
Rolling Stone,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Instead of the carbon fiber shank in the CG2, the Delray features a TPU shank.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The best option is a straight shank hook in a 1/0 size.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Morgan wasn’t the only one to exit early Monday night, with veteran referee Scott Foster sidelined in the second half with a calf injury, leaving two referees to officiate the balance of the game.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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However, LeMahieu suffered a calf injury during a spring training matchup against the Houston Astros that will sideline him.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The search is officially underway for the actors who will make up the storied Ingalls family in the streamer’s reboot of the classic ’70s drama.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
22 Mar. 2025
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The young actor has a disconcerting awareness of the roiling potential of his changing body.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Ham.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ham. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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