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Recent Examples of trash-talker
Hoiberg’s adversary Thursday in Houston, Iowa’s Ben McCollum — in the first Sweet 16 ever for Nebraska and first in 27 years for Iowa — just sent it right back the other way to vicious trash-talker Todd Golden amid a shocker over Florida.
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Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trash-talker
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McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.
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The heckler's veto The wave of firings after Kirk's assassination was spurred on by pro-Trump influencers, lawmakers and Vice President JD Vance.
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But her primary tormenter, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested last year under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
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So Jacob is now related to his tormentor.
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There is just no defending that behavior, and the harasser/scumbag should walk the plank, so to speak.
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Still, the star did not name her harassers.
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The delay has raised questions about the condition of his son and successor, and criticism from detractors who say the state is trying to inflate attendance.
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Nagelsmann’s detractors say his decisions are mired by a lack of communication, tactical cohesion and understanding of dressing-room politics, much the same as his time at Bayern.
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Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
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Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
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The 40-year-old singer Ryan Davis, a cowboy wiseacre with a drum machine and the patience for 11-minute anthems, riffs merrily on such existential mysteries.
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Similarly, the Pink Ladies, a popular clique headed by Rizzo (Stockard Channing), deliver their wiseacre lines with a fair dose of irony.
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Third-graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul’s transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.
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Third graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul's transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.
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The Venice Film Festival is providing a little erotic tease ahead of its official program, screening Italian softcore thriller Deadly Sweet in its pre-opening slot ahead of this year’s event.
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Dancehall sounds like a tease in the dead of winter.
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“Trash-talker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trash-talker. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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