duck soup

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Recent Examples of duck soup For Marx, making the transition from actress to wife of a great movie star was duck soup. Donald Liebenson, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 Rather than give the man his spare change, Raymond bought him a cup of duck soup. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2021 By comparison, Adare's most recent renovation— completed this spring after two years of construction—was duck soup. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2018 For me, that one dish was Hong Kong-style roast duck soup from Chinatown in New York City. Sari Botton, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duck soup
Noun
  • The thick glass holds up well against the elements and is a breeze to clean.
    Jamie Fischer, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
  • The unexpected cool breeze on this hot afternoon reminded her that each day need not be an echo of the one before.
    Judy Berman, Time, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The park also includes the Pond House, a playscape and spray pad for kids, a fitness circuit, trails, an Olympic size pool and picnic areas.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • Military families enjoyed classic picnic fare, lawn games, and a fireworks display, with the first lady greeting guests.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Located just steps from Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine, Tablespoon Cooking Co. has classes available to sign up for online that cater to a variety of dishes, from tacos and margaritas to eclairs and cream puffs.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Head up here on a Sunday for their tea service, which includes tasty bites like anchovy toast with Calabrian chili and parsley, housemade vanilla cream puffs, mini honey butter scones, and Himalayan black tea from In Pursuit of Tea.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • However, the icing on the cake to all of this was seeing drummer Bill Ward finally get his moment with Ozzy, Iommi, and Butler.
    Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The annual friend trip to the lake often fell on Palevsky’s birthday, and Kardashian shared a series of throwback photos and videos of her friend blowing the candles on her cakes.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Physicist Matthew von Hippel looks not at the birth of the universe but at its destruction, outlining a disastrous world-ending scenario that makes asteroid strikes and Earth-colliding black holes look like kid stuff.
    Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
  • At 21, Jovic, too, arguably remains part of the kid stuff, only at the end of last season having emerged as a rotation presence.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024

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“Duck soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duck%20soup. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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