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Recent Examples of zinger
The 145th annual Fancy Farm Picnic wasn't short on BBQ — or political zingers.
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Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2025
Rarely has Sandler felt this in the pocket with quips and zingers.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
If past experiences with painful zingers have scared you off, don’t fret.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 26 July 2025
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) opened our conversion at the Hill Nation last week summit with a zinger.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 22 July 2025
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Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2025
Rarely has Sandler felt this in the pocket with quips and zingers.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
If past experiences with painful zingers have scared you off, don’t fret.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 26 July 2025
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) opened our conversion at the Hill Nation last week summit with a zinger.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zinger
Noun
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Batemen gets a few moving monologues, but Vince’s heavier dose of morbid witticisms aren’t enough to overcome his pervasive selfishness and abominable behavior (nor is a late-arriving revelation about his past).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Discontent is brimming with witticisms and scathing observations about our modern-day malaise.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Boys in blue training kits gather in pockets of shade and trade wisecracks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Nearly every inch of the bar’s narrow interior is plastered with glowing beer logo signs, neon strip lights and posters jeering with bawdy bar jokes and wisecracks.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Alliances shift, quips fly like the ever-present bullets, and if there is a pause, it’s done for comedic effect.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps on any other show at this time in America, that quip from a school teachers meeting would be the takeaway.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 18 Sep. 2025.
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