spanking
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“When we’re launching a new movie like this, any time it’s brand spanking new, it takes a little more work to get retailers excited,” Lee said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
As a parent, it was important to April that she did things differently than her own father, and although spanking was commonplace in the 1990s, April never laid a hand on Hunter.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024
The spanking the 49ers took could do that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
When you have the American flag behind you, anybody can give a sharp, spanking speech.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
He looked at me like I was his spanking newborn baby and he did love me so, but feared the world would never be what any of us had hoped for.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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