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a dirty or sloppy person a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers

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Recent Examples of slob We Americans get slandered around the world as a bunch of fat, lazy, selfish slobs. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025 Orphaned Michelle has become a ward of the state, forced to live with Ted (Jason Alexander), an exploitative slob who sits around watching Vegas showgirls through his neurocaster while his bot version argues with the rebellious teen. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 My daughter is a slob and refuses to respect my pleas to keep her room and her bathroom (which is also our guest bathroom) clean and tidy. Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025 There’s a lot of resentment there, mostly from Kyle’s side, who still has an inferiority complex from the days of being the slob to Adam’s TV hunk, despite having ascended beyond his onetime screen partner on the comic-book movie ladder. Jack King, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for slob
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Noun
  • Trump calls Bruce Springsteen a 'jerk': The president slapped back after the musician voiced criticism at concertNeed a break?
    Chris Jordan, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Millions of readers follow along for her advice on work quandaries big and small, from dealing with office jerks to quitting a toxic job.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The fungal disease does not spread from person to person, according to the CDC.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • The person is set to get richer after trying their luck on Red Hot Numbers, a Fast Play game that features a progressive jackpot.
    Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • As Norm on ‘Cheers’ and in real life, no one was a better everyman.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
  • Nate, the unlikely hero of Lars Jacobson’s screenplay, is not only an everyman who is not in the Schwarzenegger-Stallone tradition.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As Rusby talks of finding god and becoming a better man, Kev screws a silencer onto his pistol.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
  • But even worse is to see the dark lessons of history, the dangerous choices of weaker men, and follow in those footsteps.
    Val Demings, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original, appears in the new film as the social worker Mrs. Kekoa.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • At the board meeting, Meadowview officials said a social worker spoke with students on Friday and counselors were at the school Monday.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Other impact guys include USC RB Quinten Joyner and Miami (Ohio) WR Reggie Virgil. 20.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Regardless of what anybody tells you, when an offense is struggling, guys feel it.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Elves, insectoids, reptilians, aliens, gods, and clowns are all common.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
  • Fans can also look forward to performances by the iconic Silver Spurs Quadrille, the adorable antics of kids competing in Mutton Bustin’, and plenty of laughs courtesy of the ever-entertaining rodeo clowns.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025

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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slob. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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