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Recent Examples of squib
This political backdrop raises the possibility that his low-energy announcement speech may be a damp squib.
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The Editors, National Review, 15 Nov. 2022
After the kickoff return touchdown, Auburn opted to attempt squib kicks on kickoffs the rest of the night, ceding some field position in hopes of avoiding another big return.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 6 Nov. 2022
The Bulldogs avoided him on kick returns by squib kicking the football.
—Matt Goul, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
The Journal offered a two-paragraph squib buried deep in the paper.
—oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
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The Editors, National Review, 15 Nov. 2022
After the kickoff return touchdown, Auburn opted to attempt squib kicks on kickoffs the rest of the night, ceding some field position in hopes of avoiding another big return.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 6 Nov. 2022
The Bulldogs avoided him on kick returns by squib kicking the football.
—Matt Goul, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
The Journal offered a two-paragraph squib buried deep in the paper.
—oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squib
Noun
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As a result, this earnest film presents the family as both farce and tragedy.Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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But if this person continues the farce, Miss Manners encourages you to cut it off.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Staples turns that set-up into a hilarious and slightly surreal satire about the challenges facing Black entrepreneurs.EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sacks produced the satire Thank You for Smoking and Daliland.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
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The writers behind some of this year’s hottest comedy series took on Variety’s A Night in the Writers Room: Awards Season Edition to discuss the landscape of laughter on TV.Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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The singer’s 50-minute segment, A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter, streaming as of the evening of Friday, Dec. 6 contained several familiar faces, both musically and in the comedy and acting worlds.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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The technicolor production alone makes Babes in Toyland a treasure to behold, but its oddball slapstick comedy pushes it to a different, weirder level than other versions.Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Eating pets, vudu, nastiest country in the western hemisphere, cults, slapstick, gangsters.Andrew Solender, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
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Prior to venturing into the acting space, the 23-year-old multi-hyphenate attracted an unimaginable amount of viewers to his short-form video content that primarily consisted of trending dances, collaborative skits with popular creators and lip-syncs to the hottest sounds online.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Several other TikTok users have posted skits poking fun at Grande and Erivo’s emotional interviews, garnering millions of views.Conor Murray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The sketch wasn’t part of the show, but was instead distributed on the program’s social channels, including TikTok and Instagram.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Damon Wayans, frustrated by his experience on the show, effectively forced his own firing after going off script during a sketch.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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Adams doesn’t have a ton to do in Adam McKay’s hit-or-miss NASCAR spoof, other than one key scene where her long, silky mane and sensual speechifying convince superstar Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) to get behind the wheel again.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Viewers resistant to a landslide of scatological humor, however, may find the laughs pretty slim in this overlong, uninspired monster spoof.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Squib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squib. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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