field day

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Recent Examples of field day The team likes a bit of healthy competition, which comes in handy at staff retreats, physical training days, and field days that include trampoline dodgeball, obstacle courses, hula hoop challenges, and an epic water balloon fight. Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014 The Radical Left Democrats are having a field day, however, trying to hook me into whatever policies are stated or said. Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 12 July 2024 There's a new kind of casting call in Washington, and Stephen Colbert is having a field day with it. Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 The flooding is due to the release of too much water by Russia, which is having a field day with the river levels. Photovogue, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for field day
Recent Examples of Synonyms for field day
Noun
  • Closer Edwin Diaz was unavailable Monday night, after outings in back-to-back games over the weekend, so setup man Ryne Stanek was tasked with getting the save.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The outings with Lee have led to speculation that Malone's engagement to the mother of his young daughter has ended.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales, and more.
    Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
  • During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales and more.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This play looked like it was designed to get the X open, but Ward saw space to his receiver on the opposite side.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The cold open was a sarcastic attempt to get on Trump’s good side.
    Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Her knack for hairdressing revealed itself on a lark, though her creative sensibilities were clear from an early age.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2025
  • But in a key way, this gentle, nonjudgmental lark is timely too.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Sleepy Hollow Service Club’s pine car derby set for April 5 Sleepy Hollow Service Club will be hosting an all-ages pine car derby from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at VFW Post 2298, 117 S. First St., West Dundee.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Western footwear: boots, pumps, derbies, block heels, architectural heels; slim sneakers at Ami and Jacquemus.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Running a gymkhana in the 600SL would be like asking Her Majesty to run a boot-camp obstacle course.
    Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 2 Jan. 2023
  • In the episode, Ken talks with editor Jake Lingeman about the newest gymkhana car, the Hoonifox, and his aspirations to film it in Miami with an '80s Miami Vice vibe.
    Maxwell B. Mortimer, Car and Driver, 14 May 2020
Noun
  • In the Cape Ann League, Vinn Winter (six goals) and Finn Wright (five goals, four assists) dominated the play, as Ipswich cruised to a 17-5 romp of Amesbury.
    Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The one-night-only reading of the romp, presented as part of Chance Theater’s On The Radar New Works Program, is directed by Sasha Nicolle Smith and stars Tristan Cunningham, Kathleen Littlefield and Josh Schell.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Field day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20day. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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