yap (at)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yap (at)
Verb
  • Bankrate also recently released a survey showing that 38% are annoyed by pre-entered tip screens at coffee shops, food trucks, etc.
    Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • At the array's center is a 118-dB speaker unit and a 9cc sound cavity to annoy fellow travelers with your excellent taste in music or be a useful audio beacon in emergencies.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • No mysteries plagued Preller this summer as far as which Padres positions needed upgrades ahead of the July 31 trade deadline.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Microbes could be redesigned to remediate poisonous perchlorates that plague the soil, opening the way for Eden-like gardens across expanding oases, and releasing oxygen in the process to slowly build up the atmosphere.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police is hosting a petition saying Roley is harassing officers.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2025
  • On college campuses, Jewish students were harassed, threatened and assaulted while too many progressive leaders looked away.
    Caren Leven, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For a chipmunk that is causing structural damage, such as undermining the foundation of stairs or walkways, rat-sized snap traps baited with peanut butter are effective, says Anderson.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Last week, Trump was happy to seize an opportunity to publicly bait the Fed chair, becoming the first President to visit the headquarters of the central bank for anything other than a formal ceremony.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Verb
  • The characters muse about the extreme likelihood that their apartments have been bugged.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
  • That question also bugs the folks at The Utility Reform Network.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • Overcrowding Cuomo: It is widely expected that Cuomo will ride the subways to and from City Hall every day in a cheap PR move.
    John Ficarra, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Strings is also riding high after joining Dead & Company in Golden Gate Park over the weekend for the band’s 60th anniversary shows in their San Francisco home town.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In his stinging monthslong campaign to badger Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell into lowering interest rates, President Donald Trump has relied on a variety of arguments.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 July 2025
  • Orloff said Ojeda often badgers him about entering games on days that are supposed to be off days.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • In a virtual summit with President Trump on Wednesday, European leaders urged him not to make a unilateral Ukraine peace deal during his one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage on Friday.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Morales, who is barred from running due to term limits, has urged supporters to cast blank votes — a move seen by many as an attempt to undermine Senate President Andrónico Rodríguez, who is running independently under the Popular Alliance banner.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Yap (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yap%20%28at%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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