Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palping
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The popping and pinging of bats during two-hour sessions with Vasquez Duran and Sandoval feeding each other groundballs and trading turns touching second before rotating and throwing to first.—
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
2 June 2026 -
So your colleague, Jeremy Jacobs, wrote this piece for STAT back in 2025, touching on this topic before your study was published more recently.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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With Alicia still feeling glum over the car ride from hell, Rosie shows up to her house with pink balloons and flowers to cheer her up.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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Platform flip-flops are having a major moment, and these Vionic High Tide sandals nail the trend without feeling overly sporty.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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The sisters, brushing their teeth, speak telepathically, inner thoughts printed in caption text across the screen.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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As a guest, Monroe was likely brushing elbows with other old Hollywood stars like Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Fairley also admitted Thursday to placing wagers and recruiting and bribing college basketball players to underperform in games in a separate NCAA point-shaving case brought by federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
28 May 2026
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The people who stand to gain the most from this record-setting refresh rate are high-level competitors with PCs that can push extremely high frame rates, for whom shaving down the smallest fractions of latency can make a real difference.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 May 2026
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On the Slovakian side, the High Tatras deliver mountain lakes, waterfalls and flocks of sheep grazing among rocky crests.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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How is grazing replacing the traditional family dinner?—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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“Palping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palping. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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