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zingy

[zing-ee] / ˈzɪŋ i /










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The global prominence of K-pop provided a model for training and a ready fanbase for its zingy, powerfully sung forays through pop, club and hip-hop.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

The show saw the drag queen document her travels to Los Angeles in order to make a music video and was complete with her classic Northern humour and zingy one-liners.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2025

A captivating storyteller, Edelman sets the stage for his off-kilter tale with the perfect balance of satiric commentary and zingy punchlines.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2023

There was more jazz with La Fosse and Reeder’s “Ad Lib City,” a zingy ballet — the best new work of the night — set to Duke Ellington.

From New York Times Jun. 11, 2023

The pairing of strawberries and balsamic vinegar — as zingy partners for each other either in a crisp salad or sophisticated dessert — isn't new.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2023

So Idle workshopped it — did the algebra, as he described it — and wound up with a new, zingier joke he preferred.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2026

Fans of “All the President’s Men” might find themselves wishing for something zingier — the tang of conspiracy, say, more trench coats and shadowed parking garages.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2022

The results are easy to imagine: more fragrant and wonderful and, I have to say it, "zingier" zengoula.

From Salon Nov. 27, 2021

Still, John Wilson's adapted score – which borrows from Andre Previn's movie arrangements – adds a sparkle to even the most drearily expository songs: the flutes somehow sound cheekier, the brass ruder, the strings zingier.

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2012

Momly threw one of her zings that sound too sweet to be a zing, which makes it zingier.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

“Polite Society” doesn’t need the slickest fight choreography or the most innovative plot devices or the zingiest lines to make its combo platter work, either.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2023

The Times rounds up the zingiest “Cats” reviews.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 21, 2019

The premise of Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play” may be the work’s zingiest asset.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2019

Julia’s reaction: Some of the zingiest zings in this show were wordless.

From Slate May 21, 2015

But in John Kazanjian's unfussy staging, with two intermissions, "November" wears thin and is only as diverting as its zingiest punch lines.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2011




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