spanking
Example Sentences
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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.”
“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.
Still, Judge Alia Moses had delivered a serious spanking to the federal government, saying it was wrong in arguing it had to cut the wire to carry out its mission to apprehend and detain migrants.
From Washington Times
Several expensive, brand spanking new, concrete slabs to complete a walkway on the side of my house.
From Seattle Times
She delivered sharp, spanking speeches to Iran, Russia and China at the United Nations for grown-ups?
From Washington Times
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