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Recent Examples of lefty
Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
The right-hander allowed one run over seven innings after coming out of the bullpen following lefty opener Jovani Moran last time out, a significant improvement after Bello failed to finish the fourth inning in his prior two starts.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 May 2026
This is merely a sliver of the warm welcome Bhatia received on Friday, which saw an impressive second round that thrusted the powerful lefty to one-under-par on the day and minus-4 overall, comfortably in the Top 20 heading into the weekend.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026
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Adjective
Maton recovered to strike out lefty pinch hitter Dominic Smith, but for the second straight night Mike Yastrzemski burned the Cubs.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
The right-hander allowed one run over seven innings after coming out of the bullpen following lefty opener Jovani Moran last time out, a significant improvement after Bello failed to finish the fourth inning in his prior two starts.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
Noun
Unfortunately for the latter lefty, Coby Mayo greeted him with a three-run homer.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 May 2026
This is merely a sliver of the warm welcome Bhatia received on Friday, which saw an impressive second round that thrusted the powerful lefty to one-under-par on the day and minus-4 overall, comfortably in the Top 20 heading into the weekend.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lefty
Adjective
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Inspired by the design of classic tuxedo shirts, this modern twist has a cropped fit, pintucked front details, and button cuffs.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2026
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Occupying four townhouses, its two-year refurbishment by award-winning architects Holland Harvey and interior designers Studio Est and Studio Mica has created something warm and true to its heritage yet modern, nature-focused and committed to social impact.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The last pope, Francis, could be filed away by American conservatives as an anti-American Latin American leftist, but Leo can’t.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Jeremy Corbyn, the septuagenarian British leftist, who had already arrived in Havana by plane, met with high-ranking Communist Party officials in the presidential palace.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Blame the rules laid down by ultraleft politicians.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
6 Dec. 2021
Noun
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My general experience with campaigns is that winning candidates are almost always those who attack their opponents remorselessly and relentlessly — those who convince the voters that the other guy is a racist, a pinko, a warmonger, a coward, a crook, a greedy capitalist, whatever.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
18 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Bedrooms are creamy cocoons that wouldn’t look out of place in contemporary hotels in global capitals.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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But this album is even more a celebration of memory, with plenty of current happiness thrown in too — as if his recollections about his Liverpool boyhood and his contemporary mash notes to his wife, Nancy Shevell, occupied adjacent spots on his personal timeline.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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How to Use Pink, Terra-Cotta, or Amber Try baby pinks and blushes, which feel inviting in a quiet way.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 May 2026
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As someone who is best suited towards cool undertone products, the pinks are a bit too pink-y for me.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Berry singled and advanced to third on an error by Humphreys.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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Nothing against art, but much better than advanced placement calculus.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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Patterson, born in New York City, was the daughter of a Black poet father and a German Jewish artist mother whose brother, a socialist in the French Resistance, had fought and then fled the Nazis.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Until mid-April, Bass’s chief rival was presumed to be Nithya Raman, a city-council member who chairs the city’s Housing and Homelessness Committee and who identifies as a democratic socialist.—
Meghan Daum,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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“Lefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lefty. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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