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doozy

noun as in winner

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The men’s 10,000-meters is the first final and it’s a doozy, pitting Ethiopia’s furious kickers, Selemon Barega and Yomif Kejelcha, against Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo, the co-favorites from Uganda.

We’ll know by tonight which of the two teams will advance and join Montreal in the final, but we should savor this series while it lasts — it has been a real doozy.

Joslyn points out, as they often do, that Lisa is the only family member in a university hall of fame, and one with that doozy of a name, the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame.

If you are super spoiler-averse, skip over just the next paragraph, because the reveal in the series’ opening sequence is a doozy, and I know many people may appreciate knowing nothing about it when they started watching.

From Vox

In the snowy winter of 1893, he’s drawn into a doozy when young employed women around London start to vanish, or — worse, in a way — have their souls stolen by ruthless spiritualists.

And she kicks off her new film, Paradise, with a doozy: “There is no God!”

The first time the public at large sees Ghost Shark in action is a doozy!

More specific to Liz: as political headaches go, the return of the Cheney brand to the national stage promises to be a doozy.

I'll let John Podhoretz introduce this doozy from The Nation.

And, the doozy of them all, they're so strong we must support them.

It's called "the paradox of the false positive," and it's a doozy.

He had that burning sensation he got sometimes when he knew he was having a real doozy.

Of course everyone expected a doozy of a slump after Christmas.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to doozy, such as: beauty, humdinger, killer, lulu, smash hit, and something.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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