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Recent Examples of ham
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
The ham can be from off of a bone, diced up from a ham steak, chopped leftover ham, andouille sausage, or even pancetta (Italian bacon).
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
Flopping Is a Welcome Sideshow: Basketball stars from Nikola Jokic to Kyle Lowry are hamming up their reactions to even the slightest contact, writes our columnist.
—James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
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Noun
Like that movie, Mickey 17 also features an over-the-top villain that allows an actor license to ham, and counts a real-life political figure as its inspiration.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
The ham can be from off of a bone, diced up from a ham steak, chopped leftover ham, andouille sausage, or even pancetta (Italian bacon).
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
The five-person group appears to be posing for the camera, hamming up their respective jobs.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
Flopping Is a Welcome Sideshow: Basketball stars from Nikola Jokic to Kyle Lowry are hamming up their reactions to even the slightest contact, writes our columnist.
—James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ham
Adjective
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Every actor’s Hamlet is theirs and theirs alone, and Olivier’s is big and hammy and searing and often quite devastating.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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More emotional scenes, however, feel hammy and didactic, heavy on the telling over the showing (and that telling hinges on being damn blunt about the whole thing, to boot).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And cook up your chicken thighs in Hexclad's 10-inch hybrid frying pan.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, guard Tyler Herro, who missed a game with a right thigh contusion, will be available Monday.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This poser is hard to work through when we are only given the text.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Jan. 2025
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After the release of Elden Ring, a famously difficult bestseller, Musk posted a screenshot of his character, but his build instantly exposed him as a poser.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Upton was a Navy radioman aboard the USS Utah when torpedoes hit the battleship and quickly capsized it, the nonprofit Pacific Historic Parks said in a social media post.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Upton served as a radioman throughout the war, Farley said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The knockoff was a flimsy, unusable slab of rubber dotted with magnets; the companies aping Agarwal's idea are seemingly unable to replicate the manufacturing process that Agarwal has spent years perfecting to finally be able to widely ship Polygons today.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Not sure what a world-class shank is, but Damron rolled with it and produced one of the more memorable lines.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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While in custody, Reyes also allegedly tried to kill his cellmate with a shank, O’Neill Burke said.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Tucker is 6 feet tall, the average height of newborn calves after birth.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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The addition of Disney’s new calf was made in conjunction with the Association of Zoos & Aquariums and its Species Survival Plan.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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But the multi-hyphenate has also been making her Broadway rounds, supporting her fellow actors between her own projects.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The series, created by Muslim filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar, featured a scene in which a character, played by Muslim actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, portrayed the Hindu God Shiva.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Ham.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ham. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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