kilt

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kilt
Verb
  • No one covered Johnson, who coasted in for an easy score.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Belichick’s latest loss was a blowout at the hands of Clemson at home, 38-10, where the Tigers put up 28 points in the first quarter and coasted to victory from there.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The former ocean liner, which sailed from the 1930s to the 1960s, now serves as a floating hotel and offers paranormal after-hours tours.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After leaving La Navidad, Columbus sailed along the north coast of Hispaniola and discovered a new settlement, La Isabela.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Alaska is the fifth largest US airline and flies 44 million passengers each year to 120 destinations in five countries, accoring to its website.
    Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • As a defender in the English Premier League for 12 years, Higginbotham rarely had to fly.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Porter, who was wearing forest-green DaddyGoFish waders, glided into the waist-deep rapids and walked a line between them, periodically dipping small plastic bottles into the water and then depositing them into a mesh bag.
    Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Other mammals — like flying squirrels and flying lemurs — can only glide, despite their names.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Kilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilt. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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