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Recent Examples of Synonyms for queening (it over)
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Over the years, the Oscars have garnered a reputation for snubbing studio tentpoles from consideration in above-the-line categories.
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In all three races, Mamdani rolled the political dice by snubbing powerful establishment Democratic figures and flexing his own electoral muscle.
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.
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The subtext to the litigation is Oakley’s personal grievance against Dolan, whom the ex-player has long criticized, in part for slighting him compared to other Knicks legends.
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“Queening (it over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queening%20%28it%20over%29. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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