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Recent Examples of slugger
In 2017, Lopez began dating former New York Yankees slugger Rodriguez.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
The 32-year-old slugger batted .272 last season with 33 home runs and 99 RBIs, earning his second All-Star selection after signing a one-year, $23.5-million deal the previous offseason.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Paying a slugger like Pete Alonso big money would probably be a safer bet than any pitcher, but none of the premier free agent bats seem like a good fit.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
However, the top priority should be extending their $450 million slugger.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
The 32-year-old slugger batted .272 last season with 33 home runs and 99 RBIs, earning his second All-Star selection after signing a one-year, $23.5-million deal the previous offseason.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Paying a slugger like Pete Alonso big money would probably be a safer bet than any pitcher, but none of the premier free agent bats seem like a good fit.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
However, the top priority should be extending their $450 million slugger.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
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Joshua may not be the first name that comes to mind when thinking of a racket sport, but co-owners Yentob and Murray are sure the boxer embodies the team’s values.Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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This is followed by a montage of videos showing Monty as a baby, placing his fists close to his face like boxers do when protecting themselves in a fight.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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The 36-year-old Irish martial arts fighter announced his intentions to take on the 29-year-old pugilist Tuesday.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Texas Democrat has quickly emerged as among the most prominent of the Democrats’ young and rising stars, carving out a reputation as a fierce partisan pugilist ready to take on conservatives over some of the hottest topics being debated in the Capitol.Mike Lillis, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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The choice, as Huston pointed out, brought a sense of timelessness to the story of Mikey (Michael Pitt), a prizefighter freshly out of prison who spends the day before his last fight reconnecting with his past in 1989 New York City.Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Long assumed to be man-eaters, hammerhead sharks live in Florida, but very rarely bother humans. Sharks to watch out for in Florida (click for more): Bull Shark The prizefighter of the ocean: stout, surly and stubborn.Erik Vance, New York Times, 26 July 2024
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One year after the Academy bafflingly ignored his work in Sideways, Giamatti finally scored his first Oscar nomination for his purely entertaining performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard’s proudly old-fashioned Depression-era palooka drama.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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Sylvester Stallone's underdog tale about a struggling palooka given one shot at the heavyweight championship is a stirring sports movie with a level of charm and sweetness that dissipated in the rounds (and rounds) of sequels that followed.Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 July 2019
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The figure appears to be left-handed, suggesting it was based on a real-life fighter, as the Romans believed left-handedness was unlucky and likely wouldn’t have given this trait to a generic gladiator.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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In his movie career so far, Paul Mescal has played a gladiator, a ghost, an android, and a father.Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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For the first time, a pug has won the Best in Show title at the National Dog Show.Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024
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For the first time in at least a decade, a pug has been crowned best in show at the 92nd annual National Dog Show.Kaylah Jackson, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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