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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suck (up to)
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Singer and actor Adam Lambert has waved goodbye to his super chic Beverly Hills, California, estate for $6.2 million and is passing it on to new owners who too will fawn over its epic views.—
TJ Macias
July 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025 -
Whether mentioned on TV or published in People Magazine, the list of celebrities fawning over the game keeps growing, including Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager (of the Today Show), Julia Roberts, Jessica Parker, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Meagan Markle and more.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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People still sleep on the streets and panhandle at intersections, and city leaders frequently face pressure to kowtow to special interests.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 July 2025
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So, Murdoch will probably join the others in kowtowing to the commander-in-chief.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Justine becomes a frequent customer there, hitting the vodka hard and coaxing her occasional hookup, young cop Paul (Alden Ehrenreich, terrific), to slide off the wagon.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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The Commanders have publicly committed to $2.7 billion towards the project, but in the revised agreement, the city council was able to coax some financial concessions out of the team.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Those harmonies — simultaneously honeyed and gravelly, providing just enough support without overshadowing, yet so powerful and full of potential — echoes Whitten.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2024
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Enjoy flavored nuts, such as those that are candied, glazed, or honied, in moderation.—
Selene Yeager,
Health,
24 Feb. 2024
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After being buttered up, the AI or the evildoer lures them into the evil intricacies.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Some buttering up in your prompt can likely produce this.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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After wheedling some cash from him, while Noon rifles through his backpack, Win convinces him to stay and teach some lessons.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Eli Mintz, a Yiddish-theatre star, played Uncle David with a high, wheedling voice, his hands a blur of gesticulation, and the Goldberg children were portrayed by Gentile actors, including the endearing Arlene (Fuzzy) McQuade as the preteen Rosalie, a studious girl with a sleek bob.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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In that regard, her journalism was well removed from the kind of journalism-as-PR that exists so much today — even with all the fruit baskets her assistants would send the assistants of potential interviewees to cajole them into setting up a sit-down.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
12 June 2025
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Americans’ uneven history with civil rights has long been a drag on their government’s power to cajole allies and rivals alike to a shared goal.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
28 July 2025
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To keep the Mother-taur idolized and idle, Left says.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
31 July 2025
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Holliday grew up idolizing current St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado – who was a prolific slugger and gold glove third baseman in all eight of his years in Colorado before being dealt in 2021.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Suck (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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