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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

As for Hyeseong Kim, he has been a sparkplug for the offense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

George has been the sparkplug for the Jazz, averaging 21.7 points in three outings.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Gabe Vincent, who has been a sparkplug through the series and had 17 points in Game 4, left the game in the fourth quarter after turning his left ankle.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023

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

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

They remembered Matthews from 1946, when he sparkplugged a U.S.

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

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

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


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