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smacking

[smak-ing] / ˈsmæk ɪŋ /


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Leading the bonanza is Wells, who is smacking home runs at a rate above 0.7 per game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

There have been countless other important space-related milestones since Apollo 17, our last moon visit, but what’s more dramatic than bouncing around in one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and smacking golf balls between lunar craters?

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

It was a stunning move, smacking of a coach who either feels he had nothing to lose or possibly feels he has lost it already at Spurs.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“I just don’t see it,” Yee said, given the way Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, the top GOP contenders, are smacking each other around, hoping to emerge as the undisputed Republican standard-bearer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

He laid down a little more, with his head against the tree, exhaustion suddenly smacking him in the face.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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