sparkplug
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Ex-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg got a lapful of Knicks sparkplug Jose Alvarado, Walt Frazier and Patrick Ewing got the biggest Jumbotron cheers of the night, and San Antonio got a critical W.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
John Doe is holding his bass and tackling vocal duties, while his longtime tag team partner, the band’s sparkplug Exene Cervenka, is also testing the mic with her vocals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
“Once we get Julio going and he’s driving the ball out of the yard like that, I mean that’s a good thing for us because he’s kind of a sparkplug for this team,” Garver said.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024
Since his return Dec. 22, though, Hachimura has been a sparkplug off the bench.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023
There were metal objects: hubcaps, a pair of rusty scissors, a sparkplug.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
McCormick decentralized the company's management, sparkplugged its $150 million postwar expansion, helped boost profits from $22 million in 1946 to $66,700,000 last year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Little's executive suite is currently occupied by Acting President Ray Stevens, 67, who sparkplugged the company's diversification, was president from 1956 to 1960.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wilson did an impressive job of converting the nation's largest corporation to military production during World War II, and sparkplugged its huge, postwar expansion program.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other armies, possibly sparkplugged by Rokossovsky's forces, might launch a drive to Warsaw along the north fringe of the Pripet.
From Time Magazine Archive
The membership promotion consisted of a campaign called the "Vice-president's Campaign" sparkplugged by Mr. Best.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
But while Naguib dashes to receptions, bussing babies and pumping hands, Nasser labors at GHQ 20 hours a day, making the decisions, sparkplugging the revolutionary council.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then, thanks largely to her sparkplugging, the Murrays have built an empire of 450 studios piling up an annual gross of $60 million in the U.S. and six foreign countries.
From Time Magazine Archive
