Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spars
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This all played out just after the museum had opened, with bystanders able to video one suspect in a high-visibility vest standing at one of the glass boxes housing historical treasures.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025 -
That confusion is further reflected by the manic hyper-subjectivity of Bronstein’s filmmaking, which boxes Linda into a close-up so tight that everything around her — especially her unnamed daughter, who almost never appears on screen — might as well be a disembodied echo of her own anxiety.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 1777, Lexington is home to both Washington & Lee University and Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and the presence of the universities no doubt plays a part in a cultural richness that punches above its weight class for a tiny town of just 7,000 people.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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Russia will not stop unless someone bigger and tougher than them punches him in the nose.—
Michele Kelemen,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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During their gladiator throwdown, Cam bashes his idol to death with a football helmet.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Spars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spars. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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