zinger
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All America wants is to see its new favorite TV personality, Zlatan, get one last zinger in at Alexi Lalas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Also a little grim, and precisely the kind of zinger that would lead a person to think that maybe that sad uncle at the cookout is flying solo for a very good reason.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Another forehand zinger on his first match point clinched victory and a second-round meeting with either France's Gael Monfils or Bolivia's Hugo Dellien on Thursday.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
But he does remember hearing the warm laughter after his first barbed, epigrammatic zinger, and realizing that he could, in fact, do this.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
And then I go for it, risking my worst talent with an improvised, final zinger: “It’s a tough thing to have a mom with a stomach ailment, when you barely have a dad at all.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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