blackmails

present tense third-person singular of blackmail

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of blackmails Shay blackmails him, triggering a father-son feud. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackmails
Verb
  • One heavy hitter threatens the dominance of The Black Phone 2 at the box office next weekend.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • If built, the tower threatens to cast his 1865 house largely in the shadows for months at a time.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And now, one such creation slithers, squeezes, and twists through the narrowest corners.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The surgeon withdraws the balloon and then squeezes the implant in through a sterile funnel before closing the incision.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After Fuller drives home to her palatial estate, two strangers in masks emerge from the bushes.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Mentorship drives both confidence and capability, even becoming a powerful tool to foster accessibility and belonging.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Today, the park impresses with its modern engineering and renowned aesthetics.
    Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Visually, the screen impresses with strong brightness, vivid contrast, and rich color reproduction.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While China often threatens and coerces other countries, such as in disputes with South Korea and Australia, its actions are often triggered by events that China feels directly threaten its core interests.
    David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Compulsory heterosexuality is a theoretical framework coined by lesbian scholar Adrienne Rich in 1980 to describe how heterosexuality as an institution compels and coerces female sexuality for patriarchal purposes.
    Quispe López, Them., 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On screen, Mateen constantly harasses her via text message.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, the risk of adverse effects grows the longer a shutdown drags on.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As the government shutdown drags on, Americans are turning more negative on Congress, according to new Gallup polling.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Blackmails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackmails. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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