pungle (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pungle (up)
Verb
  • His interest in sports analytics comes from his math teacher father, who handed out rulers to Trick-or-Treaters each year.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
  • After many chains rolled out deals for Cinco de Mayo and Teacher Appreciation Week, a handful more companies are handing out promotions for National Nurses Week 2025, will be celebrated May 6-12, according to the American Nurses Enterprise.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • Last year, Snap paid $2.8 million for CEO and cofounder Evan Spiegel’s personal security.
    Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • At every turn, parents are paying more — sometimes hundreds more — for the basics.
    Lindsay Owens, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Case, a graduate student, dished out six assists, and Hoss, a sophomore, compiled two goals and two assists.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2025
  • The Kiel Institute, based in Germany, has estimated that Washington has dished out nearly $130 billion in government support to Ukraine since the conflict started in February 2022.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • Shade Rose is the most popular, imparting a berry flush suitable for all skin types, though the brand has since introduced three other hues worth considering.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 7 May 2025
  • With less of the death-trap feeling the big T-Rex sometimes imparted.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The State Department considers various factors—such as crime, terrorism, civil unrest, health, likelihood of a natural disaster and current events—when issuing advisories to alert American travelers about a country's safety level.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • Prescription drug costs President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order taking aim at high prescription drug costs in the U.S.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • In Paris, the U.S. presented a framework deal that Kyiv's backers view as benefiting Moscow.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • Economist Tatsuo Hatta, president of the Asia Growth Research Institute, says opening up Japan’s rice market would benefit consumers.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • These multi-tasking marvels have found creative ways to juggle it all, to dole out love, and to pass their wisdom on to their children.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
  • Five years ago, builder Jared Brunk and his architecture partner and wife Shanna Yates doled out nearly $600,000 for a South Los Angeles parcel holding a traditional California bungalow dating back to the early 1900s.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • The beans should be well-cooked: tender with a little resistance, not mushy or tough.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2025
  • What To Know Japanese minesweeper tender JS Bungo and minesweeper JS Etajima arrived at Ream Naval Base in Cambodia's southwestern province of Sihanoukville on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Pungle (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pungle%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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