zippo

Example Sentences

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In a noisy proclamation, they swept Canada in a pre-Olympic series, four games to zippo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The roster Sprinkle inherited in Logan last spring had zippo — no returning points, no returning rebounds, not even a returning assist.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2024

“I am simply not in the same economic condition that I was in when I was graduating from college. Which was zippo money and zippo prospects, other than law school,” Bridgman said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021

Not that he was obsessed about money and property, but being president had cost him $5bn and he was paid zippo for public speaking.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2019

The fellow must have seen some of us, because he was just starting to run when, zippo, that detective had him by the collar again.

From Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)