as in sheep
an innocent or gentle person
the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them
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Recent Examples of lamb
The latter, however, come stuffed with seasoned lamb made sweeter with a smidge of garlicky butter.
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
Sawyer won the grand prize of $75,000 with a spice-roasted rack of lamb, chanterelles, apricots and uni on top of a silky sunchoke puree.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
The meal starts with table snacks including yuzu salt edamame, rock shrimp in aioli, lamb chops with mustard miso, and a tuna tartare with watermelon and ginger.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
The global menu is all over the map, with Japanese sushi rolls, Mediterranean-style lamb chops, and all-American barbecue ribs.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
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Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
Sawyer won the grand prize of $75,000 with a spice-roasted rack of lamb, chanterelles, apricots and uni on top of a silky sunchoke puree.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
The meal starts with table snacks including yuzu salt edamame, rock shrimp in aioli, lamb chops with mustard miso, and a tuna tartare with watermelon and ginger.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
The global menu is all over the map, with Japanese sushi rolls, Mediterranean-style lamb chops, and all-American barbecue ribs.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
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Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
19 June 2025
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In the first of two clips, four sheep enter via a set of large, wide-open folding glass doors.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Smart angels outside Silicon Valley would do better to avoid such instruments.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Also on deck for Lionsgate are Good Fortune starring Keanu Reeves as a meddlesome angel along with Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansar and Hunger Games helmer Francis Lawrence’s Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague accuse the 80-year-old political patriarch of carrying out a brutal war on drugs that killed possibly thousands of people, including many innocents and bystanders.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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Some rights groups say the death toll could be as high as 30,000 with innocents and bystanders often caught in the crossfire.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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