smack

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On the other hand, some ETFs that use options to juice income, or that seek to double the daily returns of stocks and other assets, can smack investors with big tax bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

But what’s extra notable about the sputtering tech partnerships of the 2020s is how baldly they smack of desperation.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

Offshore wind farms, he and many other villagers argue, could be connected further out at sea, with converter stations built away from existing communities rather than smack bang on top of them.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

We don’t want to smack anyone in the face over it, but we want to ask the questions about where we’ve come from.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

They ran smack into Martin and Shamika and toppled over one another.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro