variants or sockdologer

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Noun
  • Through exhibits, publications and educational programs, the museum educates its millions of visitors about the beauty and cultural significance of country music.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
  • From the start of her career in 1975, Iman has been praised for her ability to exemplify the complementary yet intricate relationship between fashion and beauty, both on and off the runway.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Gellar's appearance comes first, during a creepy dream sequence.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 July 2025
  • The fun part about bringing back the character, Helen Shivers, for a nightmarish dream sequence is that the star who played her, Sarah Michelle Gellar, is also Prinze’s longtime wife.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
    SI.com, SI.com, 6 July 2019
Noun
  • Anyway, Breville doles out sales sparingly, and this little corker is $50 off for the spring sale.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The final scene — a real corker — was filmed at City Hall.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And that first Game 7 in finals history, in the parlance of the day, was a humdinger.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • This is a humdinger of a pollinator plant, attracting not only humming bees and butterflies, but a host of other insects, too.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Mikhail might have shuffled off this mortal coil early, but his spirit lingers in a lollapalooza gallery that represents in flavor and type, though not in exact content, Impressionist salons in the 1870s into the early 1880s.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Worries about Trump’s button finger were seeping out of Washington even before the book lollapalooza.
    Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Noun
  • Reinhart, who scored the game-winner in Game 7 of the Cup Final last year, opened scoring 4:36 with a beaut of an individual effort.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
  • Check out this sliding beaut: Crawford’s skeptics, however, will point to an elevated ground-ball rate (63.8%) and his next-to-nil power (only one home run) as reasons to leave him in the minors.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Each of the supporting companies brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, ensuring that ame pippin will have the resources and support needed to succeed.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Their large selection of ciders ranges from dry with orange pippins to semi-dry with fresh raspberry.
    Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2023
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“Sockdolager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sockdolager. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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