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The crowd had made its allegiances clear after a fiery build-up which included Itauma shoving Hrgovic, the Zagreb man slapping him back and plenty of verbal sparring.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Too many, I’d say, but slapping droning voiceovers atop expository visuals isn’t for me.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Jurado’s motion also calls on the City Council to consider slapping responsible parties with much steeper fines — ranging from $25,000 to $1 million — for future incidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The world's tech giants have already begun slapping their own labels in anticipation of the rules.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

“You have nothing to prove at this point,” I assert, signing prove by slapping the back of my hand into the palm of my other.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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