Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shagging
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Only in its third year, the fair has already more than doubled its exhibitors list since its first edition, leaping from 30 to upwards of 70.—
Katherine McGrath,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026 -
Consider the squirrel outside your window, leaping branch to branch, adjusting mid-flight for wind and flex.—
Nicole Fraenkel,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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However, regularly skipping breakfast can negatively affect health.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
8 Mar. 2026
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Still, skipping the opportunity to repeat as world champ might provide a nice break for Liu, who has grown weary of the intense attention she’s drawn since winning gold at the Milan Cortina Games.—
Mercury News staff,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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In the background there are grazing topi, bounding Thomson's gazelles, and, far in the distance, a snoozing pride of lions.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Photos shared by the department show a silvery gray fox bounding majestically across a white snowy plain beneath towering, sunlit alpine peaks.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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With Colorado on its fourth power play a short time later, Brock Faber’s hard shot from behind his own net caused a Colorado turnover in the neutral zone, springing Sturm on a shorthanded breakaway and giving the visitors the lead.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 8, with clocks springing forward.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
7 Mar. 2026
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With the enthusiastic Sun loping into your 9th House of Mental Expansion, curiosity is about to become your best guide.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2026
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This addictive, loping track is one of the best and strangest songs from the artist’s fifth album.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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Farke, 49, was shown a red card by referee Peter Bankes after jogging onto the Elland Road pitch and confronting the match officials following the 1-0 defeat.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Gripping the football with fingers covered in Filipino tribal tattoos extending in a sleeve up his arm, Koy looks across the expanse of emerald green turf at his son jogging toward the south end zone of the Inglewood stadium on a recent afternoon.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The art market has its share of globe-trotting fairs but few glamorous female-centric industry events—until now.—
Vanessa Grigoriadis,
Vanity Fair,
10 Mar. 2026
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The globe-trotting political thriller's star, Claire Danes, will join forces with her old parter in crime-fighting, Damian Lewis, to present one of the evening's awards.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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About two minutes into the exchange, Jones begins galloping toward Prignano, who is able to back away and keep his distance from him as the two are in the middle of the street.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Fleeing, not quite leaping and clumsily sort of galloping, is no easy matter for a snail (the starfish has thousands of ciliate foot like suction cups), and fighting is pure folly versus so many arms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Shagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shagging. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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