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Recent Examples of wallop
Noun
Customers quickly fell in love with the bite-sized breakfast treats, which pack a wallop of cinnamon-y goodness and sweet icing into each mouthful. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025 Visit Films is handling sales on the title, which punches well above the weight of its scrappy production with its brisk storytelling, compositional elegance and the crashing emotional wallop of its finale. Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Former Los Angeles Chargers star Shawne Merriman put naysayers on notice after the team walloped the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night, 20-9, to move to 2-0 on the season. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The Huskies walloped Servite 42-14 in their season opener before losing in overtime to Santa Margarita 33-27. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wallop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wallop
Noun
  • Delta noted that a member of the cabin crew was injured, with ABC News detailing that they were hospitalized with a minor knee injury from the collision.
    Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some reports suggested that a wing on one of the aircraft had detached due to the collision.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Theodore and Hanifin are a potent one-two punch.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • First Impressions The Dyson V11 packs a powerful punch with a small footprint.
    Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Club officials had to go to a local sports shop in Bergen less than three hours before kick-off to buy 15 pairs of boots and 20 sets of shin pads.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • According to information obtained by PEOPLE, Retro Diet Coke Lime is returning to shelves nationwide, with its signature zesty lime kick that first won hearts before being discontinued in 2018.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, the mischievous pup led his owner directly to the scene of the crime by licking his lips constantly, which seemed awfully curious.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Bear 856 is also a large, male brown bear, who is easily identifiable to park rangers due to the animal's unusual habit of licking his lips — a behavior not typically observed in brown bears.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An overlapping full-back who can whip over a hell of a cross.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Pretty sure the border is whipped topping as well.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The baby used her tail to smack the bird before taking it underwater, resurfacing to show boaters the bird had been skinned, the group said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The flintlock coughed a lot of smoke, but Zutterman heard the 270-grain roundball smack the buck.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Seiya Suzuki's three-run home run in the top of the first inning gave Chicago a huge early jolt in its quest to even the series with the rival Milwaukee Brewers at a game apiece.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Diaz is a jolt of electricity that has charged that group to a frenetic level.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yes, the Seahawks entered the game short-handed in the secondary, then suffered another blow when cornerback Riq Woolen suffered a concussion in the third quarter.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Business is booming, but President Chris Kohnle worries the 80-year-old, family-run establishment could soon take a blow.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallop. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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