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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludger
Noun
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People are going to bail on the subscription model like a dog shaking off leeches.—
Ron Hart,
SPIN,
10 Jan. 2025 -
Roving like hungry jackals, smallmouth bass will move down and along drop-offs, hunting for the holdout crayfish, leeches, and insects along their way.—
Kubie Brown,
Outdoor Life,
3 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that symptoms of Guinea worm disease, caused by consuming the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, might not manifest until a year after infection.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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To some, these new arrivals were symptoms of rot – parasites attaching themselves to a dying host.—
Martin McKenzie-Murray,
SPIN,
7 Jan. 2025
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Punk and Emo, the forerunners of today’s worm-mollusks, lived on the dark seafloor amid gardens of sponges, nearly 200 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged on land.—
Kate Golembiewski,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Add the detergent to the water then dip the sponge or cloth in the water and get to work on the spot.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Things take a turn when Smokey's drug supplier demands $200 by 10 PM or they'll be killed, but the pair is easily distracted by conflicts with the resident bully, Craig's jealous girlfriend, and various neighborhood moochers and petty criminals.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2024
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The hikes, which go into effect on September 1, are part of a larger effort to crack down on membership moochers and boost revenue for the warehouse chain.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
11 July 2024
Noun
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That applies to children under 17 who are dependents in your household.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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Background The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, enacted in early March 2021, provided Economic Impact Payments (EIPs or stimulus payments) of up to $1,400 for eligible individuals or $2,800 for married couples filing jointly, plus $1,400 for each qualifying dependent, including adult dependents.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The disaffected machismo of Nadie seemed to exhaust the man taunting haters and hangers-on.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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The party guests—the artist-honorees and their partners, collectors, museum trustees, funders, and hangers-on—were clad in their finest evening attire, clinking champagne flutes and posing for pictures at a pre-dinner reception on The Shed’s fourth floor.—
Helen Holmes,
ARTnews.com,
19 Nov. 2024
Noun
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He was made to leave a pauper after years of hard work.—
Kanak Kapur,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2025
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The age-old philosophy, eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper was adhered to, meaning dinner was the lightest meal, as the digestive tract slows down towards the end of the day.—
Yasemen Kaner-White,
theweek,
25 Oct. 2024
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“Bludger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludger. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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