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Jed Portman,
Midwest Living,
15 May 2026
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
20 June 2026
Known for breakfast with pink-tortilla tacos, burritos, but also serves pink chilaquiles, molletes and sincronizadas (ham and cheese quesadillas).
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
Spencer Gerber intentionally hams it up as the applause-loving Cornley actor who plays both Charles’ brother Cecil and Haversham Manor’s gardener Arthur.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Ham and pineapple is a classic pairing—and so is ham and Swiss cheese.
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Jed Portman,
Midwest Living,
15 May 2026
Noun
In the directing category, both The Pitt and Pluribus went equally ham, submitting six episodes apiece.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
20 June 2026
Known for breakfast with pink-tortilla tacos, burritos, but also serves pink chilaquiles, molletes and sincronizadas (ham and cheese quesadillas).
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
Verb
David hammed it up on the red carpet with Hudson once again at the premiere of her movie Sing in December 2016 in L.A.
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Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
Spencer Gerber intentionally hams it up as the applause-loving Cornley actor who plays both Charles’ brother Cecil and Haversham Manor’s gardener Arthur.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ham
Adjective
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Smith remains wonderfully hammy.
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But her gamboling merrymakers, hammy showgirls, and blithe flaneurs insist otherwise.
Noun
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The man had suffered a gunshot wound to his thigh.
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Messi welcomed the ball into his run, cushioning it with his thigh and then — sublimely, almost in slow motion — nudging it ahead with his left foot.
Noun
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There’s nothing catastrophically wrong with her eponymous protagonist: Lucy seems nice enough, has a distinct sense of style, and is witty enough to keep up with her very New York friend group that contains a healthy mix of genuine achievers and very cool posers.
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Much like how the Supreme collection adds Salem’s subterranean style to the closets of Depop posers, Red Dragon functions as a gallery of their rarest music for newcomers to gaze upon.
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Upton served as a radioman throughout the war, Farley said.
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Upton continued to serve as a radioman during World War II and later started a family with wife Gene, who Pacific Historic Parks said died in 2018.
Verb
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The track apes the softly anthemic approach of U2, Coldplay, and the National—until all of that elegant uplift topples like an overly ambitious wedding cake.
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For Shorts, the label will appear as a small overlay at the bottom of the video itself, although that will add to the already cluttered look of the TikTok-aping Shorts.
Noun
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Mordecai If your dad loves baseball, take him to the bistro across from Wrigley Field for beef Wellington ($55), a lamb shank ($45) and an Old-Fashioned ($18).
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Leatherman packages in wood saw and file T-shank modules with the Captain's Crunch.
Noun
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Rogue actors are one of several concerns.
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Does the answer lie instead in Hollywood—the gift of an epic project that fully captures the American experience without literally being American Experience, crafted by homegrown talent and brought to life by America’s favorite performers (British actors who learned the accent by watching Friends)?
Noun
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In 1973, management lured Kurtis back to CBS Chicago as principal anchor, working alongside commentator and anchorman Walter Jacobson.
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The no-nonsense anchorman who sat in front of the defence, protected that space, and contributed little in attack?
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“Ham.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ham. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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