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Recent Examples of zinger
While O'Brien's jab earned instant laughs from the Oscars crowd, the zinger fell flat for Kid Rock, who addressed the joke in an X post on March 16.
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Edward Segarra, Freep.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Crockett has built a national profile for zinger attacks on Republicans and focused on turning out Black voters in the Dallas and Houston areas.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
Crockett has built a national profile for zinger attacks on Republicans and has focused on turning out Black voters in the Dallas and Houston areas.
—Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
That’s an objectively bad zinger.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
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Edward Segarra, Freep.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Crockett has built a national profile for zinger attacks on Republicans and focused on turning out Black voters in the Dallas and Houston areas.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
Crockett has built a national profile for zinger attacks on Republicans and has focused on turning out Black voters in the Dallas and Houston areas.
—Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
That’s an objectively bad zinger.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinger
Noun
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This charming witticism might double as a tagline for the season writ large.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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The initial experience of Shakespeare’s meter leads to a world of discovery of a man who quite literally changed the world with witticisms and insight and has shaped every corner of humanity since the 16th century.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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His wisecracks were kept to a minimum.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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One wisecrack went too far, in the eyes of the people whose eyes sit below red caps.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Niven’s quip lives on in Oscars history.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Kim Kardashian recovered from being booed for about 15 seconds upon taking the podium to receiving big laughs and applause for some of her quips.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Uber initiative is the latest sally in a long war pitting plaintiffs and their lawyers against businesses, with legal fees as the battleground.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Zinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zinger. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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