Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludger
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The team selected specific animal spirits – deer, buffalo, leeches, fleas, ants, and softshell turtles – which Setyanto translated into movement.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026 -
The leech therapist, whose name was Sandra, made a tsk-tsk sound over the phone.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
21 Jan. 2026
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When the characters aboard the Enterprise stop feeding the conflict, the parasite starves.—
Joe Palaggi,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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The drug, largely used to treat people or animals for infections caused by parasites, is a popular dewormer for horses.—
Rachana Pradhan,
STAT,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Try a Melamine Sponge Another popular cleaning tool for baseboards is a melamine sponge.—
Kate Van Pelt,
The Spruce,
7 Feb. 2026
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An underdog with a bite Faulkner was once a quarterback standing 5-foot-nothing with a 10-cent arm but a million-dollar head with a brain like a sponge.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Netflix says the move, though distressing to moochers like me, is not meant to deter people from sharing accounts.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
1 Dec. 2025
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But poor people on Medicaid or food stamps, according to this administration, those are the real moochers in this country.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Some civilians residing overseas, including civilian government employees and spouses and dependents of military and civilian employees, gained absentee ballot voting rights with the 1955 Federal Voting Assistance Act.—
Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
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Courts also consider household size, marital status, dependents and regional cost-of-living differences.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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That transition is likely one of the reasons Welch spent the night surrounded by people eager to get a word in—though the rangy scribe was often seen looking over the heads of his hangers-on, trying to catch the eye of his tween nephew, who noted that this was his first-ever fashion show.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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No pop artist has ever survived haters, handlers and hangers-on without a scratch.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tate eventually moved in with her family, who rejected Austen; Austen moved to the Staten Island Farm Colony, a pauper’s hospital.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
22 Nov. 2025
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When the new sections were added, the old burying ground became a pauper's cemetery for poor White and and Black residents.—
Alexandria Burris,
IndyStar,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Bludger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludger. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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