spanking
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Not everyone wants a spanking new kitchen and is prepared to endure the disruption that such a renovation would cause.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Sharon Schmeling, one of the couple’s children, said her father told her the surgery went well and that her mother had a “brand spanking new knee.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 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
Purple-faced Mr. Cranston on his feet, half strangled by his collar, miserable in his spanking new tailcoat with the too-long sleeves.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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