Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoofing
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Neither will forget what Harbaugh did late in the blowout, when going for two points after a touchdown instead of kicking a PAT to signal everything was A-OK between the two.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025 -
The White House request for kicking this month’s government shutdown deadline into next year is drawing a lukewarm reception from some GOP spending cardinals.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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An incredible series of plays, a last-gasp effort, and the fortuitous foot of Matt Prater, the field goal kicker who’d been in Buffalo no more than 100 hours, booting a 32-yarder for the win.—
Coy Wire,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Perez retaliated by stripping Caruso of his committee chairmanship and booting him out of his corner office into another space.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Hoofing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoofing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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