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Recent Examples of whopper Weighing in at 4 pounds and 8 ounces, Costco’s strawberry streusel cheesecake is a whopper—with a price tag to match. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025 And then there was that whopper of a cliffhanger that saw a mysterious couple jumping into the pond in the 1970s and Sam (Rob Stewart) mirroring Elliot from the show's pilot in the present day. Breanne L. Heldman, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025 The executive order begins with a whopper of a falsehood: that the United States has an inadequate supply of energy. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, at the local bar, a fisherman finds an unlikely ally in catching the whopper that’ll change his life. Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whopper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whopper
Noun
  • Power shields its misdeeds with propaganda, but Panh sees such murderous lies clearly, giving them an honest staging, thick with echoes.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • Stock photo: A couple lie inside of a campervan side by side.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Raised in Romania, the 56-year-old joined the Fortune 500 pharmaceutical giant, Merck, after being personally impacted by the 1986 Chernobyl power station disaster.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
  • Out of all of Netflix’s Original shows and movies, few have helped define the streaming giant’s success like Stranger Things.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Where Bailey lands is probably going to tell the tale of his career.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 26 June 2025
  • The page lists half a dozen directorial projects Ford is attached to, including ferry disaster tragedy Wahine out of New Zealand, fantasy tale The King of Light – The Order of the Dark Gods, and comedy Food Fight.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the fort’s historic reenactments, there are tours available, and many guests enjoy walking along the pristine beach to look for whales from December to April.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 17 June 2025
  • For more than a century, National Geographic has made icons out of elephants, whales, and lions.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • However, Walters' incredible career is only part of her story.
    Sean Keane, ABC News, 23 June 2025
  • Drinks with a story The illustrated cocktail menu is a journey in itself, presented like a mini storybook through greater New York City.
    Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The monster season Soto gave the Yankees last year, leading them to the World Series, is what the Padres expected from him.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Today, that monster lives on, not in steel and speakers, but in light.
    Noah Eckstein, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • In March 2025, Colossal unveiled its woolly mouse, engineered to carry genes for the mammoth's characteristic thick, golden coat and accelerated fat metabolism.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025
  • The top of the mammoth's head in the logo turns into mountains, making this a unique design with major ties to the community.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) attempts to secure the genetic material from the dinosaurs but ends up stranded with a civilian family on an island that holds a secret being kept from humanity for decades.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
  • Importantly, their findings not only confirm that these dinosaurs were indeed herbivores, but also offer unprecedented detail into the feeding habits of these giants.
    Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 11 June 2025

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