blacklegs

plural of blackleg

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Noun
  • Grab these lightweight sneakers for gym days or walks around the park, and check out these $18 foam platforms that are practically begging to hit the beach.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 23 June 2026
  • Pair these lightweight pants with chunky sneakers or wedge sandals for the ideal blend of comfort and sophistication.
    Sarah DiMuro, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
  • During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In this case, a creator pairs her sneaks with a graphic tee.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 16 June 2026
  • These sneaks utilize the latest running innovations to ensure your kicks improve performance while still looking stylish.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But the word thug as a term for rogues and thieves lived on in English.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Streetwise rogues in the mould of an enigmatic leader… there are certainly parallels between Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and Tommy Shelby’s Peaky Blinders.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Others estimate that $500 billion in federal spending is diverted by charlatans each year.
    Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • The 21st century’s obstacles for young men—as seen in deaths of despair and lagging employment—have been amply publicized both by credible journalists and by charlatans such as Fuentes.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Options for activities include paddleboarding and chasing Arctic swells in the fjords, sailing through sea cliffs and the uninhabited Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, and spotting whales, seals, Arctic foxes, and more wildlife.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 June 2026
  • Just as hedgehogs deplore foxes for a lack of theoretical ambition, foxes spend their time screaming at hedgehogs for missing this or that eloquent detail.
    Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
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“Blacklegs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklegs. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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