as in dinosaur
something that is unusually large and powerful
a whale of a pickup truck
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as in to hit
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
whaled the ball so hard that it sailed over the fence and into the neighbor's yard
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as in to hide
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
whaled the rug with a broom to knock the dirt out of it
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
mercilessly whaled the pickpocket for stealing from her purse
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Recent Examples of whale
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Although the research continues, there is no scientific evidence that offshore windmills are a great threat to the health and safety of whales.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
The twilight zone—which extends from 200 to 1,000 meters below the surface—is not only home to organisms such as whales, squid and jellyfish.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025
While juvenile white sharks mainly eat bottom fish, smaller sharks and rays, and schooling fish and squids, larger white sharks feed on seal and sea lion colonies and occasionally scavenge dead whales.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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Each whale species also tended to interact with dolphins in their own unique way.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Although the research continues, there is no scientific evidence that offshore windmills are a great threat to the health and safety of whales.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
The twilight zone—which extends from 200 to 1,000 meters below the surface—is not only home to organisms such as whales, squid and jellyfish.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025
While juvenile white sharks mainly eat bottom fish, smaller sharks and rays, and schooling fish and squids, larger white sharks feed on seal and sea lion colonies and occasionally scavenge dead whales.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whale
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Still a lot cheaper than paying for dinosaur juice, mind.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Playing mixed doubles alongside Ben Shelton, Townsend—the number 1 doubles player in the world—donned a white cropped long-sleeve and black skirt with Tyrannosaurus rex footprints along her shoulders and waistband (an homage to her 4-year-old son, a dinosaur lover).—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
21 Aug. 2025
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Quick hits Clarkston football defeated Belleville 38-7 at Wayne State to open up the MHSAA season.—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Father Mackie's backstory hits the cutting room floor Loyal Osman readers might be surprised to learn that Father Mackie only has a few on-screen moments in the movie adaptation, and his heartbreaking backstory is largely cut for time.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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The moment, which quickly went viral, saw the pair duck to hide their faces from the camera, setting off alarm bells and becoming instant fodder for online chatter.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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This broadly guides the AI and can be hidden from users or found by savvy users via insider awareness of where to look.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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When Sunday ended, supremacy was restored – the Dodgers were back in first place in the NL West, and the Padres were licking their wounds, wondering what just happened.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The little girl licks butter off a spoon, gets a bottle full of bone broth and uses her four teeth to gum ribeye steak.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The American banking giant already has an existing partnership with McLaren after it was named a primary partner of the team ahead of last year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.—
Yara Elshebiny,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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But one of the field's former giants is shutting down—and taking all of those old posts with it.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Terrell represented a Black teenager who’d been expelled from a Los Angeles high school for punching a white referee during a football game after the referee allegedly had directed racial epithets at him.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
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Deion, 58, opened up about the news that his son Shilo, 25, had been cut by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week after getting ejected for punching an opponent during the team’s final preseason NFL game on Saturday.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The game is a gonzo Kojima production through and through, tonally whipping between self-serious conversations about the nature of war and patriotism, and villains who can shoot lighting from their hands or morph into a swarm of bees.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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Like many proud dads in the early 2000s, Cooper Manning often whipped out the camcorder to document his three children — May, Arch and Heid — growing up.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Huge waves pound central provinces Eyewitnesses described huge waves gushing through streets in the coastal regions, according to Reuters, as roofs collapsed and homes were flooded.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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Your feet will feel 10/10 after literally pounding pavement all day long, thanks to the comfortable base.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whale. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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