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Recent Examples of zinger
Intrigue: An absolute zinger, which is The Athletic’s Jeff Howe reporting last night that Jerry Jones has talked to Colorado coach and Cowboys legend Deion Sanders about the role.
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Zac, leaning into vulnerability with rhyme, delivered zingers that bordered on self-help.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 May 2025
Weekend Update was full of zingers about President Donald Trump‘s rapid about-face in the wake of the stock market crash his global tariffs spurred.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
But there is another Reba, the sitcom star, who can deliver a zinger or two like the best of them.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Zac, leaning into vulnerability with rhyme, delivered zingers that bordered on self-help.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 May 2025
Weekend Update was full of zingers about President Donald Trump‘s rapid about-face in the wake of the stock market crash his global tariffs spurred.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
But there is another Reba, the sitcom star, who can deliver a zinger or two like the best of them.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinger
Noun
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The witticism, sometimes misattributed to James Baldwin, began to spread a few months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the shock of mass layoffs started to give way to broader dissatisfaction with work.—
Lora Kelley,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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His frequent presence in lecture halls advanced him as one of America’s earliest stand-up comedians, and many of his wry witticisms, whether they were written or performed, remain part of the public conversation.—
Danny Heitman,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
Noun
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And quite simply, the data does not back the wisecracks up.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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In language as deft and muscular as Rosa’s team, Drexler captures the scent of the blood and the resin, every wisecrack and sob story, every flake of talc and gob of spit, every pimple and blackhead on the lady wrestlers’ thighs.—
Lauren Elkin,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Beginning Last Week Tonight, the host made a quip about a 2023 headline concerning a FedEx plane that nearly crashed into a Southwest airliner in Austin.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 June 2025
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Hold aside, for now, columnist Salena Zito's apt 2016 quip about taking Trump seriously but not literally.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Zinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zinger. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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