Example Sentences

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It was such a softball query that even a kindergartener could have slammed it à la Shohei Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Schwartz said that his optimism comes partly from a belief that Oracle is “relatively immune” to the fears over artificial-intelligence disruption that have slammed software stocks recently.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

Underconsumption-core and no-buys aren’t remotely in the same conversation as, say, wealthy influencers hawking distressed $600 Golden Goose sneakers in a manner that critics have slammed as “poverty appropriation.”

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2025

Others have slammed her continued self-promotion and seeming lack of remorse as shameless.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

A gyropter would have had no chance: the savage air would have slammed it to the ground like a fly.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman