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Recent Examples of slugger
Texas’ top players are junior pitcher Teagan Kavan — the Most Outstanding Player of last year’s Women’s College World Series — and senior slugger Reese Atwood.
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Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani are part of Fortnite, an online game.
—Jay Cohen, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
What roles will the offseason additions — including Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami — fill?
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
In Lineup After Down Season The lineup order between Schwarber and Harper is an important matter for the Phillies, as the pair represents their two most productive sluggers.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani are part of Fortnite, an online game.
—Jay Cohen, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
What roles will the offseason additions — including Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami — fill?
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
In Lineup After Down Season The lineup order between Schwarber and Harper is an important matter for the Phillies, as the pair represents their two most productive sluggers.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slugger
Noun
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At the 68th annual Grammy Awards, Justin took the stage in nothing but a pair of silk Skylrk boxers.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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After all, the Paul brothers, Jake and Logan, famously parlayed their viral YouTube presences into professional careers, Jake as a boxer and Logan as a wrestler.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
14 Feb. 2026
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Before his coaching career, Berube was a bona fide pugilist and still ranks seventh all-time in NHL penalty minutes.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, heavyweight Ross Johnston has been more than a pugilist for the Ducks, posting career highs in assists and points before the halfway mark of the campaign.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
21 Dec. 2025
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Certainly, as too many prizefighters like the now-48-year-old and occasional exhibition-bout-fighting Floyd Mayweather have learned the hard way, not paying attention to the money and the purse has consequences above and beyond the fine print in or out of your prime.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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Ahead of New York’s mayoral election last month, a billboard for Polymarket in Times Square showed Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo face to face, but with their photos edited to give them bare chests, like prizefighters at a weigh-in.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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Don’t be a palooka, start Nacua.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
12 Dec. 2024
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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
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The place was used for wild beast hunts, public executions, and gladiator fights for several hundred years, then became a condo of sorts as medieval Romans made their homes in the hulking ruins.—
Katie Parla,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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The design was inspired by Roman gladiator sandals, and featured a tall block heel, a strappy, open-toe silhouette at the upper, and a toe strap.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Phoenix agrees with the rest of Arizona, the pug is also the most popular dog in metro Phoenix.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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His dog, a 13-year-old pug named Coach, is always around, too.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slugger. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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