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a dirty or sloppy person a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers

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Recent Examples of slob Because of his talent for playing unglamorous slobs and schlubs, Giamatti is an easy actor to typecast. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 Hollywood’s Fave Awards Season Hors d’Oeuvres Appetites and appearances always are in conflict at awards season parties — and while strategies for sating oneself without looking like a slob vary in the land of Oscar and Ozempic, one bite is the favorite by far. Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024 Who are these slobs?) 35% found plastic utensils and dinnerware a turnoff. Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024 Hitch swoops in and pretends to be Sara's boyfriend to get rid of the poor slob whose tired lines are failing on her. Cristina Everett, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slob 
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  • Symptoms include: Hallucinations or delusions Increased heart rate Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea Dizziness Muscle jerks Sweating or flushing Seizures Effexor is not approved for children but is sometimes used off-label for anxiety and depression disorders.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Among the new food items on sale during the Seven Seas Food Festival will be Jamaican jerk chicken and pork pincho at the Caribbean Market; garlic toast chicken parmigiana (Italian Market), strawberry pouffe (Irish Market) and veggie samosas (Indian market).
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • Finding someone who can be acutely self-aware while supremely confident says something about the person.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Hours after his inauguration the president signed a proclamation that pardoned virtually every person who was involved in the U.S. Capitol riot — including those who injured police officers.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • This series finds Allen as Matt, a widower, everyman and possessor of Fox News opinions.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The film is about this everyman finding his inner hero.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • According to cops, a 34-year-old man was struck in the left hand with a machete by an unidentified man around 11:24 a.m. Friday near Southern Blvd.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Can one man’s compassion be an act of betrayal towards another?
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
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  • The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Most Popular Trump’s moves to slash federal workers are raising alarms in Maryland Maryland’s finances are in the red.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
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  • The guys on the bandstand are interpreting them horizontally, from left to right, one note at a time.
    Heather Augustyn, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Sure, go get Andy Dalton, Kirk Cousins, or Jimmy G. Want a guy to look okay enough for one or two games but scuffles along for the next four or five?
    Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Some of his friends also collected drawings of clowns on jailhouse envelopes sent by their dads.
    Frank Rojas, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The buzziest piece unveiled for last year’s show consisted of two large inflatable clown heads squished between two buildings.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slob. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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