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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yips
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Then decide whether inorganic materials like landscape cloth, black plastic, rocks, or rubber mulch is better than organic mulches like shredded leaves, straw, pinestraw, sawdust, or wood barks.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025 -
Trying to comfort her dog, the owner explained the cat was not real, but the barks continued.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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United Methodist leadership with the bishop’s office preached to students, who welcomed the leaders with excited howls.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Oct. 2025
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The long recess has drawn howls of protest from Democratic leaders, who have returned to Washington to demand negotiations that might lead to a bipartisan spending bill that could reopen the government.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
10 Oct. 2025
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As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Things take a turn for the whimsical when, with the help of some lightning — and later, Taffy’s tanning bed — Lisa finds a companion in an undead, Victorian-era Cole Sprouse, a hopeless romantic who communicates exclusively in grunts, and whose devotion to Lisa knows no bounds.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The beat and the backing grunts are tense (and intense), but the electric piano is warm and tender.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Yips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yips. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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