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sparkplug

[spahrk-pluhg] / ˈspɑrkˌplʌg /




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Ex-NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg got a lapful of Knicks sparkplug Jose Alvarado, Walt Frazier and Patrick Ewing got the biggest Jumbotron cheers of the night, and San Antonio got a critical W.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

When Rodríguez took off in 2022, so did the Mariners, with their center fielder the sparkplug to so much of the good that took place for Seattle.

From Washington Times Jul. 10, 2023

Since his return Dec. 22, though, Hachimura has been a sparkplug off the bench.

From Washington Post Jan. 22, 2023

The last one had the 5-foot-6 sparkplug chuckling after reaching first base.

From Seattle Times Oct. 29, 2022

There were metal objects: hubcaps, a pair of rusty scissors, a sparkplug.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

Little's executive suite is currently occupied by Acting President Ray Stevens, 67, who sparkplugged the company's diversification, was president from 1956 to 1960.

From Time Magazine Archive

McCormick decentralized the company's management, sparkplugged its $150 million postwar expansion, helped boost profits from $22 million in 1946 to $66,700,000 last year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since 1946 a group of Brown professors, sparkplugged by Vice President Bruce M. Bigelow, has been looking for a solution.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other armies, possibly sparkplugged by Rokossovsky's forces, might launch a drive to Warsaw along the north fringe of the Pripet.

From Time Magazine Archive

The membership promotion consisted of a campaign called the "Vice-president's Campaign" sparkplugged by Mr. Best.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association

But while Naguib dashes to receptions, bussing babies and pumping hands, Nasser labors at GHQ 20 hours a day, making the decisions, sparkplugging the revolutionary council.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then, thanks largely to her sparkplugging, the Murrays have built an empire of 450 studios piling up an annual gross of $60 million in the U.S. and six foreign countries.

From Time Magazine Archive




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