as in parasite
a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return
a sponger who moved in with friends and seems to be in no hurry to get a job and pay a share of the rent
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Noun
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He and some Prodigy soldiers are sent to the Maginot crash site to look for survivors, but two of them are quickly picked off by a blood-sucking parasite.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025 -
Unbeknownst to them, that stomach issue was actually a parasite.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For dried or sticky grease, Marshall suggests switching to dish soap diluted in water and rubbing gently with a soft sponge or microfiber cloth.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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The lesson is to let the film be like a sponge that attracts what happens in the world at that moment and captures it.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Sponger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponger. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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