as in animated
having much high-spirited energy and movement
a spanking and speedy little horse
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as in very
to a great degree
the bathroom tiles were spanking white when she finished cleaning them
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Recent Examples of spanking
John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
After the spanking incident, Blount players posted a video in support of Harris.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 8 Jan. 2023
Christina Capatides, CBS News, 11 May 2018
Is this just about opportunistic politicians dipping into state coffers so they can be photographed cutting the ribbon at a spanking new factory?
—New York Times, 8 May 2018
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My Cat looks tiny and out-of-place among the spanking new hot rods parked out front.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
After the spanking incident, Blount players posted a video in support of Harris.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 8 Jan. 2023
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There was Vice President Biden's inaugural bromance selfie with President Obama on his brand spanking new Instagram account.
—Christina Capatides, CBS News, 11 May 2018
Is this just about opportunistic politicians dipping into state coffers so they can be photographed cutting the ribbon at a spanking new factory?
—New York Times, 8 May 2018
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The 2024 crime comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die placed No. 9 on the Netflix U.S. Top 10 Movies chart, while the 2015 animated blockbuster Minions finished at No. 10.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Siblings and Hollywood royalty Anjelica and Danny Huston are teaming on a new project, The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana, a hybrid animated and live-action feature film that is currently shooting in Los Angeles and Ontario, Canada.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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That gives us very little clarity as to who the Best New Artist front-runner is.Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Here’s the latest: Ventura County’s Mountain Fire expanded in size on Wednesday after powerful Santa Ana winds came into contact with very dry air.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Tonight: Show respect. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ Discussions with partners, spouses and even members of the general public will be lively today.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
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In the last year, Chea says she’s worked one or two events per month, with each gig involving two to three hours of shucking oysters for party guests and entertaining them with lively conversation.Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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Incumbent Carmen Montano and Councilmember Hon Lien are locked in an extremely close mayoral race in Milpitas.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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At first, the girls are only in danger of being forced to listen to one man’s extremely pretentious opinions about religion, philosophy, culture, and yes, pop music, which is terrifying in itself.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Kamala Harris Oakland’s VP ran an energetic campaign.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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In fact, scientists suspect that the magnetosphere coaxes Triton’s energetic particles to cross over to Neptune’s atmosphere and excite auroral flares on the planet.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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The researchers found that replacing any less active behavior with five minutes of exercise could lower systolic blood pressure by 0.68 points and diastolic blood pressure by 0.54 points.Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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However, many parts of the brain or cortex are not fully active if external simulations aren’t present.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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Calla is trying her damned best not to sound angry.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
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The track, which also prominently features Anuel AA and Ñengo Flow, is filled with racy and at times ludicrous double entendres which create an intoxicating romp, driven in turn by a bouncing and infectious rhythm.Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
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But all of that is inflected through another sensibility, one that was emerging, or reëmerging, in the mid-nineties: an almost folky softness; bouncing, hummable melodies; raw beauty for its own sake.Craig Morgan Teicher, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2022
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“Spanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spanking. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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