variants or egads

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Recent Examples of egad It’s the kind of moderate, difference-splitting division of power that frustrates radicals of all stripes and demands — egad — compromise for government to get anything done. Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egad
Interjection
  • Sure, a little trash talk is part of football culture (or, in the case of NFL fans and Swift, straight-up booing her, ugh), but doesn’t the literal president of the United States have anything better to think about?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2025
  • To recap: At the end of last season, Deborah — after finally landing her dream opportunity of hosting a late-night show — passed over Ava for the head-writer job, going with a man (ugh) with experience (honestly, fair).
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Interjection
  • But when her paramour and his (oops) wife turn up dead, Vera ends up at the center of a murder investigation and eventually something far more sinister.
    The Editors, Town & Country, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Before anybody gets carried away here — oops, too late?
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
Interjection
  • And then, oh, my gosh, the brother of the person that's in the lake works at the boathouse in Lexington.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 July 2025
  • The jalapeno pesto it’s bathed in transports the dish from ho-hum to oh, yum!
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 17 July 2025

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“Egad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egad. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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