as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet
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Recent Examples of curry
Ousting a national security adviser so early into his second term would curry unflattering comparisons to his first term, when Trump fired Michael Flynn from the same position after roughly three weeks.
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Then came the online threats Musk’s X poised for ad sales gain on effort to curry Trump favor
for the company.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
My default order: The Good Luck Cluck, cold chili garlic noodles and curry creamed corn.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In addition to this pause, the Islamic Republic is attempting to curry popular favor by allowing for relatively open and candid discussions on domestic media outlets.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2025
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Then came the online threats Musk’s X poised for ad sales gain on effort to curry Trump favor
for the company.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
My default order: The Good Luck Cluck, cold chili garlic noodles and curry creamed corn.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In addition to this pause, the Islamic Republic is attempting to curry popular favor by allowing for relatively open and candid discussions on domestic media outlets.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curry
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But Fahy, Alcock, and director Nicole Kassell are also very good at their jobs, and so even downright bizarre moments like Simone chewing Michaela’s used gum or Devon randomly licking a landscaper’s neck wind up making a strange sort of sense.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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Jose shrugs, pleads with her to not lick anyone at the inn, and leaves.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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Every time my phone rang, my heart started pounding.—
Matt Wolf,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
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After the car came to a stop, the video showed, angry Liverpool fans swarmed it again, pounding on its windows and exterior as police rushed to secure the scene.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
28 May 2025
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Toronto’s bats battered the Athletics for four games, hitting eight homers and driving in 39 runs.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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The win staved off a Dodgers sweep in the two teams’ first series matchup since last year’s Fall Classic and made for a rebound after L.A. battered the Yankees in an 18-2 loss on Saturday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
2 June 2025
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Bosses who lash out to get workers in line, by contrast, often feel a sense of accomplishment.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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The hostilities began when Trump lashed out at Musk's criticism of the Republican tax-cut and spending bill, and quickly escalated into an all-out online brawl on Trump's Truth Social and Musk's X, with prominent businessmen, analysts and political names weighing in on the fight.—
Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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How Was Antonio Navarro Murdered? At 7:30 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 16, 2017, as Antonio was leaving for work, Salvador hid in the couple’s building garage, according to TIME.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Ukraine was able to smuggle drones deep into Russia by hiding them in the tops of flatbed trucks, which parked near military bases before the drones lifted off to attack planes on the runway.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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The Clippers were playing in Houston and the Clippers were whipping the Rockets’ ass.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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This small kitchen appliance has a variable speed trigger switch to make blending, pureeing, frothing, whipping and chopping as easy as pressing a button.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2025
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Minutes before a team of fully uniformed, stick-carrying players were to leave the dressing room to take the ice for the national anthem, a rat pelted across the carpet.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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And then sit there getting pelted by even more rain and win.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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One of his owners, Craig Leipold, did, back in January.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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While private schools such as Harvard do receive large numbers of exchange students, so do major public universities.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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“Curry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curry. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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