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slugger

[sluhg-er] / ˈslʌg ər /
NOUN
boxer
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They’ve been missing injured slugger Juan Soto, who is expected to return as early as Wednesday night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Garret Anderson, the often misunderstood and always lethal Angels slugger who starred in the 2002 World Series, has died of a heart attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Mike Piazza, the slugger expensively coached from boyhood in the modern manner, saw “the silver spoons of his youth smelted into the first of ten consecutive Silver Slugger awards.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A wild pitch from McLean left Venezuela with runners on second and third base and on the next pitch Kansas City Royals slugger Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly allowed Perez to score.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

I was startled by a slugger who appeared from the darkness and approached me at a crawl.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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