brownnosers

plural of brownnoser

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Noun
  • Rapidly spreading its toxic influence across the lands, Magatsu and its minions are a world-ending threat, and the early tutorial bit sees players square up against the baddie only to ultimately lose.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
  • What made Armani’s designs so appealing to Ovitz and his minions wasn’t just their confident power-suit cut.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Since buying the property in 2013, Swift has drawn fans to Bay Street, the village's main drag of clothing boutiques and ice cream counters, all checklist items on the Swiftie itinerary.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Cardi also delivered new tracks for fans to enjoy within the first week of Drama?
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the past, Newsom denounced judges who ruled against them as toadies of the firearms industry.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Naturally his reliable Republican toadies lined up to support him.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Despite having blood parasites and heart-worm disease, Sena was otherwise healthy, though her organs immediately gave her old age away.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • That connection between parasites and environment is what excites her most.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over eight episodes, the brothers find themselves at the mercy of Mancuso — a former family friend — and his vicious henchmen, and they are forced to confront the emotional scars of growing up with an alcoholic father, who had gambled away his own restaurant.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
  • At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That sounded like vendor financing to everyone but Nvidia and its devotees, including me.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Some devotees fainted at the sight of him.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the main reasons for the vast difference is that toilets are made of non-porous material, whereas sponges are highly porous and inviting for germs.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The same rule applies to abrasive sponges or metal scrubbers.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a young boy growing up in Seville—he was born in 1484—Bartolomé had witnessed the glory heaped on Columbus upon his return from his first cross-Atlantic voyage and heard the stories of islands filled with gold, spices, and potential slaves.
    Greg Grandin September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In the Revolutionary War itself, Britain’s Lord Dunmore had emancipated large numbers of southern slaves as a war measure—a fact well-known in both the 1770s and the 1860s.
    Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Brownnosers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownnosers. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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