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Recent Examples of boot
Noun
That’s the message from senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who has put the boot into the nation’s top football leagues for booking international entertainers to lead their grand final festivities. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025 Timeless staples from Grande’s past looks are also poised to make a resurgence, like oversized hoodies and tees, knee-high go-go boots and corset tops. Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
An incredible series of plays, a last-gasp effort, and the fortuitous foot of Matt Prater, the field goal kicker who’d been in Buffalo no more than 100 hours, booting a 32-yarder for the win. Coy Wire, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 Prime Minister François Bayrou is expected to resign after a sweeping majority voted to boot him from the minority government in a 364–194 vote over his controversial cuts to public spending in an attempt to reduce France’s national debt. Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot
Noun
  • The #Eagles’ trade for Tank Bigsby is in part due to a need for another kick returner, sources say.
    Matt Wadleigh, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Sporting was awarded the spot kick after a video review revealed Shapi Suleymanov had been fouled while dribbling in on goal.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • San Francisco’s star defensive end tackled running back Ken Walker III for no gain on first-and-5 from the 9-yard line, then pushed right tackle Abe Lucas back in the pocket on second down, causing Darnold to fumble.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Defensive tackle Ed Oliver also caused Derrick Henry to fumble – the running back’s only blemish during the night.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, the thrill of victory and the record-breaking performances will quickly fade.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Enjoy craft cocktails, cold beer, and fan-favorite dishes like sliders, wings, burgers, and oysters while sharing the thrill with other fans.
    Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Soldiers have also been spotted in parks carrying out tasks typically assigned to gardeners and landscapers – shoveling mulch, blowing leaves and scooping up trash.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Traditional front-fan cases have the advantage of blowing air directly onto the components that those fans are intended to keep cool, but side-radiator cases (like Lian Li's O11 Vision Compact) offer better views of internal components for showcase-PC builders.
    Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The event, dubbed GW250114, became known in January when researchers spotted it with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) — a set of two identical instruments located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And that sensitivity enabled the collaboration to record the sharpest gravitational wave signal thus far, dubbed GW250114.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Our family has been ruined by Denise's lies of promising to end a year-long affair.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025

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