slugger

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Recent Examples of slugger Ohtani’s 28 home runs are tied for second in the big leagues with New York Yankees superstar slugger Aaron Judge. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025 Among the most notable inductees are former Southern Cal slugger Mark McGwire, former Vanderbilt pitcher David Price, former San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg, former South Carolina coach Ray Tanner and baseball agent Scott Boras. Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2025 While the Yankees still prevailed, the slugger wandered off the base as Carlson made the catch. Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025 Sosa’s mid-career trajectory from serviceable slugger to superstar was dramatic, and by baseball standards, happened almost overnight. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for slugger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
Noun
  • The cocker spaniel, beagle, collie and boxer dog were also among the top breeds at the time.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
  • In our interview, Sheeraz called him an underrated boxer, which is rare praise from a rising British star, and one that suggests this won’t just be a slugfest.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Even Kamala Harris, maybe especially Harris, fits that insider image, and certainly Gavin Newsom, despite zigzagging from centrist to pugilist, can’t forward his presidential ambitions as anything but old-guard.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • Bernthal, with his handsome pugilist’s profile, plays Braxton’s emotions explosively close to the surface.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Decrepit office buildings and flophouse hotels have been remade into pricey lofts and townhouses, the coolest address being where prizefighters Depp and Heard went at it tooth and nail, an art deco masterpiece called the Eastern Guardian Building, with its eerie clock tower and greenish glow.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • In the next scene, the boy is no longer dressed like a prizefighter, but in street clothes with a teddy bear sticking out of his backpack, embracing his parents.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Don’t be a palooka, start Nacua.
    Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • One year after the Academy bafflingly ignored his work in Sideways, Giamatti finally scored his first Oscar nomination for his purely entertaining performance as boxing manager Joe Gould in Ron Howard’s proudly old-fashioned Depression-era palooka drama.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Bite marks on the skeleton of a Yorkshire gladiator were found to be evidence of death by lion.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • This new season is comprised of ten episodes, all of which drop today, spanning T-Rex gladiators, household appliances in a search for work-life balance, and aliens, demons, Nazi demons and lots more.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Short-nosed breeds, like pugs and shih tzus, don't tolerate the heat and humidity because the shape of their faces don't allow for efficient panting to cool themselves, per PetMD.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Examples of this include Labrador retrievers, Shetland sheepdogs, pugs and basset hounds.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025

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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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