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as in bombs
to defeat by a large margin
with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election
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as in slaps
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field
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Recent Examples of pastes
Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
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The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastes
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Ukraine bombs Russian energy infrastructure to defend civilians and destroy the Kremlin war machine.—
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Remind them their worth is non-negotiable When your child fails — gets cut from the team, bombs a test — remind them their value isn't up for debate.—
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The tarp slaps the frame of the truck’s roof.—
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As the scrum disperses, D’Angelo turns to you and slaps you five.—
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Or whips around his defender in a bold pirouette.—
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Marty whips off his sport coat and throws it in the crowd.—
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Coley punches back, and Sonya manages to pull her off of him.—
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Red Masks hold Fiona back Fiona as Constance punches her multiple times.—
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Light snow dusts the canyon’s upper rims, crowds thin, the air turns crisp, and one of the most magical Christmas experiences in the country appears.—
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Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.—
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In exchange for Sonis, Summit FC sent $120,000 to Louisville, a sum that could rise to $160,000 if Sonis hits certain performance conditions.—
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Keeping the Uconnect infotainment system in play is also a win for the Stellantis brand with its extremely simplistic useability, which really hits home for many.—
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The carry handles each have a magnetic piece that then clips together to form a single bar to grasp.—
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For messing up, Martha clips Gabriel’s wings, forcing him to live life as a human, with a new casual wardrobe to match and a taste for fast food.—
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Despite rain on parade morning and water-sensitive glues, the massive 55-foot float successfully completed its Colorado Avenue route intact.—
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Paints, glues, and markers dry out; craft papers can fade; and the teens have outgrown glitter and pipe cleaners.—
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“Pastes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastes. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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