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Recent Examples of slugger
Looming large, however, will be the upcoming free agency of star slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Boston's star slugger reportedly considered requesting a trade midway through the spring amid his dismay over Boston's preference for Bregman playing third.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The Japanese slugger was introduced before each at-bat to loud roars that continued until a few seconds before the pitch, when the crowd went into a silent trance that’s normally reserved for events like Wimbledon or the Masters.
—David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
The slugger hasn't hit over .200 in a single season since 2019.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Boston's star slugger reportedly considered requesting a trade midway through the spring amid his dismay over Boston's preference for Bregman playing third.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
The Japanese slugger was introduced before each at-bat to loud roars that continued until a few seconds before the pitch, when the crowd went into a silent trance that’s normally reserved for events like Wimbledon or the Masters.
—David Brandt, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
The slugger hasn't hit over .200 in a single season since 2019.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
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Paris is the coy Daris (Arya Grace Gaston), and the doomed hero Achilles has become the grim-faced Trojan running back Keeley (Erin Treadway, in boxer braids and golden work boots), who refuses to take the field after Johnny utters a fatal insult.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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The boxer looked thrilled to walk the carpet with his future wife, giving Leerdam affectionate kisses and showing some PDA on the carpet.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Eriksen can be a skilled on-ball creator but is more poet than pugilist when competing for loose balls.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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The 6-1 fighter is not your typical young pugilist.—
Tony Paige,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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In the next scene, the boy is no longer dressed like a prizefighter, but in street clothes with a teddy bear sticking out of his backpack, embracing his parents.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Buffalo this year was the prizefighter dropping his gloves, sticking out his chin and daring any of three opponents to land a haymaker.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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One year after the Academy bafflingly ignored his work in Sideways, Giamatti finally scored his first Oscar nomination for his purely entertaining performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard’s proudly old-fashioned Depression-era palooka drama.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2024
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Sylvester Stallone's underdog tale about a struggling palooka given one shot at the heavyweight championship is a stirring sports movie with a level of charm and sweetness that dissipated in the rounds (and rounds) of sequels that followed.—
Brian Lowry,
CNN,
25 July 2019
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Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Read Next World 1,700-year-old tombs — with links to a gladiator — unearthed in Italy.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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Dolly the pug lives in the United Kindom with her owner, Tracy, and has now amassed a large fanbase as Tracy shared a video of her to account @tracyntina.—
Rachael O'Connor,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Heather Frost shared footage of her pug Gus's reaction to meeting her son in a video posted to her TikTok account heather.frosty.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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