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smack

[smak] / smæk /






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I arrived an hour early—and ran smack into a crowded flash-mob dance class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“Backrooms” is a film only a 20-year-old — someone whose existence sits smack in-between decades of uniform past and the blip of a recent few years filled with massive change — could make.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

“Fuze” does smack a bit of an excellent episode of TV.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

But what’s extra notable about the sputtering tech partnerships of the 2020s is how baldly they smack of desperation.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

I fanned my face a little faster and resisted the urge to smack these blithering cretins roundly on their hot heads.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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