bludging

present participle of bludge, chiefly Australian & New Zealand

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludging
Verb
  • Set of 4 6-Ounce Ramekins This four-piece stoneware ramekin set is just begging to be added to your fall tablescape—and don’t forget about it when Thanksgiving rolls around either.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Your sleep paralysis demon is begging you to read Herculine.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The actor Chris Pratt has shared a video of himself praying online, following the shooting of Charlie Kirk and the online discourse and backlash that has ensued.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Going into that last kick, just praying for an opportunity.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • No props are needed in Sakai’s conjuring circle of a stage, and Spencer Doughtie’s lights are given the space to sculpt striking tableaux out of the actors’ bodies in the void.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than conjuring a mood of bracing inexorability, this linear focus only suffocates what might be an interesting debate, as a man of the modern world weighs his values against those of a woman raised in atavistic isolation.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At different points, Moyes and McKinlay were both at the edge of their technical area, imploring their players to push up and press Leeds.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Clearly indifferent to the irony of boosting an agency that many of them are trying to nuke out of existence, a coalition of fintech and crypto leaders issued a letter on Wednesday to Trump, imploring him to oppose the fees that banks were threatening to impose.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With that and five other Florida Bar cases over her head, Hufnagel cut the professional rope, petitioning for disciplinary revocation.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Hundreds of postdoctoral scholars and research associates at Northwestern University voted to unionize this week, nearly two months after petitioning school officials.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Bludging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludging. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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