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Recent Examples of ripsnorter Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping. New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022 Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign. SI.com, 6 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripsnorter
Noun
  • There’s a rare beauty in waking up to the reddish-orange glow of the morning sun over lush vineyards after a good night’s sleep under a twinkling night sky.
    Rafael Peña, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
  • Send Vogue’s senior beauty & wellness editor an email at beauty@vogue.com.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • After having her Star Wars dreams come true by playing fan-favorite Fennec Shand in The Mandalorian, Ming-Na Wen recently realized another exciting vision with a role in The Karate Kid franchise in the new film Karate Kid: Legends.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • With the help of a starlet named Vera, her dream of meeting him slowly takes shape.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • In the coming weeks, a trio of celestial marvels will grace our skies, including a total lunar eclipse, partial solar eclipse and dual visibility of Venus.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • The three enormous fiberglass sharks were technical marvels, but designed for freshwater.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • And that first Game 7 in finals history, in the parlance of the day, was a humdinger.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • This is a humdinger of a pollinator plant, attracting not only humming bees and butterflies, but a host of other insects, too.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Anyway, Breville doles out sales sparingly, and this little corker is $50 off for the spring sale.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The final scene — a real corker — was filmed at City Hall.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When food costs soared during COVID, there was hope the phenomenon would be temporary — something people would weather and then regard as an unfortunate blip, like the runs on toilet paper or our collective obsession with sourdough starters.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
  • This phenomenon is more science than stigma, experts say.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Silent Retreat is a bodice ripper with a fillip of Roman Catholic ritual: a novice ripper.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 14 June 2025
  • Fritz kicked his first serve into Evans’s single-handed backhand to devastating effect, rather than just hitting his usual flat rippers.
    James Hansen, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Reinhart, who scored the game-winner in Game 7 of the Cup Final last year, opened scoring 4:36 with a beaut of an individual effort.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
  • Check out this sliding beaut: Crawford’s skeptics, however, will point to an elevated ground-ball rate (63.8%) and his next-to-nil power (only one home run) as reasons to leave him in the minors.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

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“Ripsnorter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripsnorter. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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