Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludger
Noun
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Are you surrounded by individuals who drain your energy (i.e., leeches and loafers)?—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025 -
The Moist mode removed air effectively without letting liquid leech too far toward the chamber.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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DeMille, a social media specialist with a background in marketing, has highlighted influencers using the Los Angeles wildfires to peddle detoxes, fear mongering about parasites, and making claims about supplements that sound different than the disclaimers on the product's websites.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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There are a variety of organisms that can cause pneumonia, including viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Scrub with a sponge or dishcloth, using a Mr. Clean Eraser for tough spots.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025
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Björk’s infamous 2001 Oscars swan dress takes flight as a delicate pavlova with passion fruit ganache, while Jennifer Lopez’s game-changing green Versace number appears as a tropical coconut mousse with pineapple-lime chutney on pistachio sponge.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Things take a turn when Smokey's drug supplier demands $200 by 10 PM or they'll be killed, but the pair is easily distracted by conflicts with the resident bully, Craig's jealous girlfriend, and various neighborhood moochers and petty criminals.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2024
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The hikes, which go into effect on September 1, are part of a larger effort to crack down on membership moochers and boost revenue for the warehouse chain.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
11 July 2024
Noun
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The Social Security Administration makes a smaller number of payments to dependents and widowed survivors of those retirees, and to disabled workers and their dependents under a different trust fund.—
Emily Badger,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Are there other tax breaks for parents? Other dependents — including children 17 and 18 and full-time college students age 19 to 24 — may qualify for the Credit for Other Dependents, a nonrefundable credit worth up to $500 per child.—
Dan Avery,
CNBC,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Hackett, his bungalow neighbor Faye Greener (Karen Black), her vaudevillian has-been father (Burgess Meredith), assorted whores, hangers-on, venal studio executives, and a WASPy lunk — auspiciously named Homer Simpson (Donald Sutherland) — suckered by Hollywood’s erotic promise.—
Armond White,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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Matthew becomes Oliver’s bro, his hanger-on, his social-media camera buddy.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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They were presumed to be paupers from Mexico, looking for charity.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Frasers find out that Jane has been buried in an unmarked grave in a pauper’s field, news that devastates Frances.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Bludger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludger. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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