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Finally, and a must for a duffer like me, is a quirky little nine-hole golf course — Chula Vista — that’s monstrously hilly, twisting, tree-and-ravine-laden, with impossible slanting greens.
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Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Not candlelight dinners for two old duffers plodding along, but an act of kindness so needed, especially during rough times.
—Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 6 Oct. 2024
Plenty a duffer who opposed the invasion of Iraq and the privatization of Social Security has gone on to invoke the line in admiring jest.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Many duffers would pick two-time major PGA Tour champion John Daly, whose on-and-off course feats have become legend.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
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Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Not candlelight dinners for two old duffers plodding along, but an act of kindness so needed, especially during rough times.
—Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 6 Oct. 2024
Plenty a duffer who opposed the invasion of Iraq and the privatization of Social Security has gone on to invoke the line in admiring jest.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Many duffers would pick two-time major PGA Tour champion John Daly, whose on-and-off course feats have become legend.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duffer
Noun
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To investigate, the researchers combined spectroscopy experiments with simulations to track how energy flows through the material.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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In order to measure AI’s tendency to give responses aligning with trends rather than logic, researchers tested seven models, including GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, across 15,000 simulations and scenarios.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Recycled pop bottles are made into carpets and seat linings, and cotton shoddy—used to make blue jeans—is recycled and turned into sound insulation.—
Katherine LaGrave,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 July 2018
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Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed—
Craig Ballinger,
Slate Magazine,
20 Mar. 2017
Noun
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The stumblebum energy disarms us, which makes the gruesome cruelty of the kills that much more disturbing.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums, a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact.—
Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
2 Nov. 2018
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Cotton also gets softer with every wash instead of pilling or degrading — a durability advantage synthetic blends can’t match.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The third wave involved fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid now produced illicitly in mass quantities.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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There’s a maddening human truth tucked into the fact that everyone — from Lebedev’s forceful, hopeful young daughter Sasha (Maya Shoham) to the lout Borkin, whom Labbadia embodies irresistibly as a kind of Bronx-y hustler — is drawn to this man in free fall.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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Less impactful but notable, Riley added Jimmy Butler to join the Bam Adebayo/Tyler Herro core in 2020, though Butler fell short of delivering a championship before eventually pouting his way lout of town and being traded one year ago, last Feb. 6.—
Greg Cote
January 30,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors charged Said with racketeering and multiple counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle in connection with an alleged scheme that defrauded Minnesota’s Medicaid program of nearly $11 million, according to the criminal complaint.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Said is charged with 10 felony counts, including theft by swindle and racketeering.—
Chloe Rosen,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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