slap
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“That just felt like a huge slap in the face,” Lewis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The sneaker industry is suffering from excess inventory of casual lifestyle sneakers, which has prompted many shoe sellers such as Foot Locker and Nike to slap on discounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"I was just reading another article regarding the prime minister's response, and it's shocking to me. It's a big slap on my face."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Or did ya just slap some AI slop on this piece that we were so helpful with?”
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
“If Venus de Milo had arms, she’d slap you around,” she responds.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Warner Bros. demanded Russell pare down the film’s most intense scenes yet still slapped it with an X rating in the U.S. and U.K., while other countries banned it outright.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
It also raises questions about how well these ads are being slapped together.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Skubal strutted off the mound, hit the palm of his glove twice, and slapped hands with catcher Will Smith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Perhaps the most famous case is the designer Pierre Cardin, who slapped his name on everything from cigarettes to bicycles with disastrous results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Betsy snorted and slapped her hand over her mouth, embarrassed, but that just made us laugh harder.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The crowd had made its allegiances clear after a fiery build-up which included Itauma shoving Hrgovic, the Zagreb man slapping him back and plenty of verbal sparring.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Already, Skubal’s joining in on pregame handshake lines and slapping the dugout railing in time to Roki Sasaki’s warm-up music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ed Stack, Dick’s executive chairman, said the sneaker market is awash with inventory and rivals slapping on discounts, which has pressured Foot Locker to keep pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Too many, I’d say, but slapping droning voiceovers atop expository visuals isn’t for me.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“C’mon, c’mon, c’mon,” I muttered, slapping it against the palm of my hand.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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