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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sluggers
Noun
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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 -
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
Noun
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The two most prominent boxers of their generation will meet again 11 years after Mayweather beat Pacquiao by decision in a fight that didn’t live up to the decade of hype preceding it.—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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What used to take a boutique agency in Soho three weeks, a $50,000 budget and a crew of 20 can now be spat out by a guy in his boxers at two in the morning using Midjourney and Sora.—
Michele Zanello,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
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Being trained in combat, and armed with swords, spears, and bows and arrows, the gladiators were able to turn the tables on the wild beasts; the result was another predictable slaughter, in this case of the animals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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There were dancing gladiators and moka pots, a phalanx of runway models dressed (in Armani) in green, white and red, to represent the Italian flag.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Sluggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluggers. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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