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squib

noun as in pleasantry

verb as in lampoon

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Guardiola's 100th Champions League match as City boss was a damp squib, in stark contrast to so many of the previous 99, which includes 62 wins and the club's maiden European crown in 2023.

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It's no mean feat, albeit both were a damp squib with Scotland wheezing their way to an early exit on each occasion without really landing a punch on, well, anyone.

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"After so much hype, the SDR is a damp squib," he said.

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Kicking under the new format feels more like “shanking” a kickoff than doing a squib kick, as Dicker put it.

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Plaid Cymru previously called the report a "damp squib".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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