Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludger
Noun
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When the writer Mary Roach went to visit the Mütter offices, Hicks greeted her with one of his pet leeches hanging from his arm.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025 -
Stay close to the leaders and lifters and move away from the loafers and leeches.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Colton was also prescribed a parasite treatment due to diarrhea, the warrant affidavit said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
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The United States is dropping about 100 million sterile flies each week in southern Mexico to help slow the spread of the parasite.—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Spray the mixture onto your countertops and let the solution sit for 3-5 minutes before wiping it down with a soft sponge or cloth.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
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These extended wait times alone could cause a child to miss out entirely on the benefits of intervention during the sponge years.—
Rachelle Rutherford,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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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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Simply put, some animals don’t like moochers.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Social Security provides benefits to more than 74 million Americans, including retirees, veterans, and their dependents.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
19 July 2025
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And the 1987 requirement that taxpayers supply Social Security numbers for dependent children resulted in a marked difference in the numbers of dependents claimed on returns—seven million fewer dependent children were claimed than in the previous year.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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In nearly every comics appearance, Olsen is inherently something of a dweeb; a hanger-on to Lois and Clark who looks up to them and doesn’t always get respect back.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
16 July 2025
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In what qualifies as high concept by Madea-movie standards, the character is transplanted to a resort in the Bahamas along with her family and the usual hangers-on.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Alvarez is the pauper of the group, with Judge and Soto combining for $1.125 billion in salary over the lives of their contracts.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Chelsea are hardly paupers domestically — no Premier League team is nowadays — but there’s a clear financial advantage in finishing higher up the table.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Bludger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludger. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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