blacklegs

plural of blackleg

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Noun
  • The sneakers are designed with a lightweight EVA midsole for flexible support and a rubber outsole that boosts durability.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The up-for-it crowd at those shows clamored for seats and photo ops at the step-and-repeat walls, wearing an array of looks stretching from abayas to board shorts and sneakers.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Russell Wilson ran two conventional sneaks this season with no pushers.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Farther west, some rain could occur over the central Gulf Coast, but amounts will be dependent on how much sneaks onshore, with heavier amounts offshore, the prediction center said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The former child actors have grown up since their go-kart derby days on-screen — some have even welcomed their own little rascals off-screen.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Old Eight Eighty—I Among all the rogues in history, no class has been more persistent than counterfeiters, and only thieves have been more numerous.
    David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Blacklegs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklegs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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