Vocabulary on August 4, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SLAM-DUNK]

 

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Word Meanings:

1. SLAM-DUNK= cinch(easy), lock, shoo-in, sure thing; thrust (the ball) forcefully down through the basket.

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Sentences:

1. The US Senate delivered near-unanimous bipartisan approval to Nato membership for Finland and Sweden on Wednesday, calling expansion of the western defensive bloc a “SLAM-DUNK” for US national security and a day of reckoning for Vladimir Putin.

 

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