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Recent Examples of slap
Verb
By slapping a $100,000 filing fee on H=1B visas, the White House has declared the days of cheap labor pipelines and visa abuse officially over. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 Richter asks before leaning on a chair upside down as Slater slaps his butt again. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 30 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
  • The back half of the New York Film Festival delivered a secret screening of a solid Academy Award contender, the box office smacked down a Venice Film Festival award winner, and two major contenders in the acting fields up and switched their categories.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Their best chance against him came in the first inning when Kyle Schwarber smacked a one-out double to right.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Between 2014 and 2020, Erdogan investigated 160,000 Turks for insulting the president and prosecuted 45,000 of them, including a 14-year-old boy.
    Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi insults Democrats in Senate hearing.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For years, the narrative has been that movies, in contrast to TV series, were in decline — casualties of a once-in-a-century pandemic that shuttered theaters and a double blow from prolonged industry strikes.
    Alejandro Rojas, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Second, following Hamas's defeat, the IDF and intelligence agencies achieved impressive military accomplishments, including the blow dealt to Hamas, seizing the opportunity to destroy most of Syria's military capabilities—paving the way for the blow dealt to Iran.
    Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The ball popped up in the air and Bolton was there to grab it, except he was hit by teammate Drue Tranquill.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Hikers hit Goat Trail Hill 'n Dale Hiking Club will hike Thursday along the Goat Trail to Steel Creek on the Buffalo National River.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reporters in the Brady Room earlier this week were greeted by the meme on a loop; the vice president, addressing them on the shutdown, laughed at Democrats who were offended by the trope.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Another Boras client, Cody Bellinger, was nearing the end of his second season in Chicago, which did not deliver as much thump as his MVP-level 2023 campaign.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The sarcasm has passed down generations.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • But did Swift need to punch down to fulfill the concept?
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In the late matchup, the Dodgers have a chance to punch their ticket to the NLCS.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Slap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slap. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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