variants or sockdologer

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Noun
  • After stepping back from the spotlight, Gary Sinise is letting fans in on his family's private battle with cancer − and finding beauty after tragedy.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • She’s covered the rise of AI beauty tech, including Lash Extensions From an AI Robot: Is This the Future of Beauty?
    Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Career experts agree dream jobs and large salaries don't always come right away.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • And the twist with Joe Jonas — well, that was a dream come true for me.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 9 May 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
  • Rosenblatt gives her a humdinger of a first act closing speech complete with the kind of curtain line actors kill for.
    David Benedict, Variety, 7 May 2025
  • The Pope Trump image was followed by a couple other humdingers over the weekend, including a new plan to reopen Alcatraz (?).
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 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
  • Transparent — these see-through beauts with wrap-up ankle straps are in a league of their own, saying a lot without ever appearing too flashy.
    Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 15 Mar. 2025
  • All hues look fabulous in photos and the long-wearing, crease-proof claims are true, too—these beauts simply do not budge.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Jan. 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 23 May. 2025.

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