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[smak] / smæk /






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Today I learned about the “Tootsie Shot,” a famous and often-used mini-scene that features a busy midtown street with everyone going somewhere—and the protagonist smack in the middle.

From Slate Jun. 17, 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

On the other hand, some ETFs that use options to juice income, or that seek to double the daily returns of stocks and other assets, can smack investors with big tax bills.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Even if Fuqua had made the movie like a gritty documentary, just the entrance of Bubbles the chimp would smack of camp.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

I leap off the table and high-five it, and when his hand hits mine, he doesn’t smack it a little bit harder or hold his look a little bit longer like I thought he might.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner




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