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as in cutting down
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as in throttling
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scragging
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Now teams are responding by putting a bigger emphasis on defense, playing with a throttling full-court intensity.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2025 -
The newsroom union claims the change is throttling staff diversity and muting the magazine’s progressive political bent.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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The number of homebuyers taking out VA loans also increased in August, rising 3 percent year-over-year nationwide—bucking the trend observed for conventional loans, which declined 9 percent year-over-year in the same month.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Literally sitting on the ground, probably kneeling and just watching the television, taking out the tape, rewinding it, putting it back in and watching it over and over again.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Local news outlets, however, reported that the actor has been in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Seoul after collapsing while choking on food at his home.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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Seven elderly men and women were hospitalized after choking on mochi in the first three days of 2026, Japan Today reported, citing the Tokyo Fire Department.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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By splicing pop songs and familiar meme formats into cruel detainment footage, ICE strains to attract a younger demographic, hoping to convince people that the agency is a vibrant—and trollishly funny—organization engaged in the noble work of putting away bad guys.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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Many new hires go with the default savings rate, which can result in putting away less.—
Fiona Greig,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The silence in that room — not just from the Doppler, but in the air — was suffocating.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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The infinite view from the high-floor oceanfront room was consistently breathtaking, service was high-end yet not suffocating, and the food and beverage offerings were top tier.—
Emily Adler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
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Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Activists, ministers, and community members came and went, day and night, their booming voices carrying off into the Philadelphia air.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Later that month, another jury said Rafael Andres should be sent back to Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker cord in 2005.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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This month, 11 alleged TdA members were indicted in New Mexico, accused of kidnapping, brutally interrogating and strangling to death a man in Albuquerque and burying his body in a remote desert grave, The Center Square reported.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Jan. 2026
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Shough spent three seasons at Oregon and Texas Tech before finishing at Louisville in 2024.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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If schedules clash, suggest a two-step approach, like meeting online first and finishing later.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Scragging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragging. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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