as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet
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Recent Examples of curry
Some analysts saw Nexstar’s move as an attempt to curry favor with FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Madeline’s menu will offer a variety of seasonal dishes, from pasta to curry.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2026
Following the Restoration in 1660, Kynnersley returned the coronation spoon to King Charles II, hoping to curry favor, per Historic Royal Palaces.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Publishing a memoir in the run-up to a political campaign is a tool that some politicians use to curry favor with constituents.
—Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 19 Apr. 2026
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Madeline’s menu will offer a variety of seasonal dishes, from pasta to curry.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2026
Following the Restoration in 1660, Kynnersley returned the coronation spoon to King Charles II, hoping to curry favor, per Historic Royal Palaces.
—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Publishing a memoir in the run-up to a political campaign is a tool that some politicians use to curry favor with constituents.
—Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curry
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Bring along a friend who wouldn’t be able to indulge in these kinds of finger-licking treats otherwise.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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The image of the students as vivisectors, committed to extracting the hearts and licking the bones of the transgressors in their midst, seems to mirror her own hatred of the university’s tendency toward frenzied analysis.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
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They might be jolted awake with a pounding heart, multiple times a night, for years.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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When the worker said yes, there followed a cacophony of voices, radios, and pounding boots as police stormed the property.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The search for a teenage girl swept away by a big wave while walking on a Southern California beach expanded Wednesday as high surf kept battering the coast.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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The risk now is that the oil shock, like the previous supply shocks that have battered the economy since the pandemic, proves to be sticky.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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The billionaire venture capitalist and Sun Microsystems cofounder lashed out on X at student protesters who walked out of Stanford’s 135th commencement ceremony while Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai was delivering the keynote address.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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Trump lashed out at Ossoff in his Truth Social post on June 14.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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This automatically measures the distance between the edges of the folding panels, uses sensors to detect offsets and recalibrates the brightness of adjacent LEDs to hide the tiny slot.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
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Achieving it in reality would be brutally hard because the target moves, hides, jams, uses decoys, and fights back.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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But listening to Magazine—their new 10-track, 11-minute album—that artful density becomes singular, swaying as much as whipping between its frantic ideas.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
12 June 2026
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At one point, about a dozen people, most wearing Knicks jerseys, jumped on top of a cab stuck in traffic and stomped on and busted the front windshield, while several revelers took turns using belts to whip the hood of the taxi, according to bystander video.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Rain pelted the ballpark during Tuesday’s game as the Giants built a lead on RBIs from Matt Chapman, Bryce Eldridge, and Jung Hoo Lee.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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Cars looked like they were pelted by multiple golf balls.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Events already relocating elsewhere Davis said the delay has already forced nine events to move and could push as many as 30 more to do the same in 2030.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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It’s meant to go with the flow of kids’ pacing, which may mean spending a whole hour at a splash pad or being done after just a few experiences.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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“Curry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curry. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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