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Recent Examples of slap
Verb
This comes right after Trump slapped additional 25% tariffs on Indian imports last month for buying oil from Russia, bringing total levies to as much as 50%. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025 After a dismissive response from Stokely Hathaway, Willow slapped him. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
Such behavior effectively begs for no tip or even a slap. Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Charlie felt the hot slap of the Blight’s anger bleeding through their tether. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slap
Verb
  • Below is the lead paragraph of the Daily Mail’s story, which Dua Lipa smacked down in an Instagram Stories post days later.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Really, there’s only one character onstage who commands an audience’s attention, and that’s Hines’ gum-smacking sister-in-law, who turns from antagonist to supporter.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To add injury to insult, the Cowboys also lost star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to an ankle injury that forced him from the game.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Posts garnered thousands of replies from people calling for her job, insulting her appearance and using her post as a reason for a general disdain of left-leaning people.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Ravens have gotten off to a 1-3 start in a season for the first time since 2015, delivering an early blow to the team’s Super Bowl ambitions.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Then came the biggest blow with Gavi’s torn meniscus.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The newer versions can hit stationary and moving targets at sea.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • His termination notice came just over a week after reporting he had been hit by a car while on duty.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And faculty worry that teaching certain subject matter and texts might offend students and, if students complain, lead to administrative sanctions.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Is the streamer afraid of offending hate groups by depicting them as hateful and/or groups?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The dramatic thump of the ship’s four electromagnetic catapults which shoot them into the sky is constant and can be heard throughout the ship.
    Matthew Bodner, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Red Sox are in a good spot for their future, but their lineup clearly needs more thump.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The decision in Gardner’s favor could become a significant ruling for celebrities who use humor, exaggeration and sarcasm that some might find inappropriate when responding to strangers on social media platforms.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • However, the sarcasm was lost on younger social media users who claimed to attempt it.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bubba purposefully knocks a girl down with a dodgeball, and when Mary tells him to stop being mean, Bubba punches her.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • While they were lined up, members put on boxing gloves and took turns punching the pledges four times in the chest, according to the petition.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Slap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slap. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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