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Recent Examples of backhand
Brink charged in on a partial breakaway, moving to his backhand and lifting it past Johansson.
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Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Victoria Azarenka plays a backhand against Iga Swiatek of Poland in their second round match during day three of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, part of the Hologic WTA Tour at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Feb. 18, 2025.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025
With Pastrnak streaking down the right wing, Zacha hit him with a great backhand pass for a clean break-in.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
Shortstop Scott Kingery ranged to his right to make a nice backhand play on a grounder.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Victoria Azarenka plays a backhand against Iga Swiatek of Poland in their second round match during day three of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, part of the Hologic WTA Tour at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Feb. 18, 2025.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025
With Pastrnak streaking down the right wing, Zacha hit him with a great backhand pass for a clean break-in.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
Shortstop Scott Kingery ranged to his right to make a nice backhand play on a grounder.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backhand
Noun
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The resulting copperplate is dated July 4, 1823.—
Joe Pappalardo,
Popular Mechanics,
3 July 2020
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For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.—
Peter Saenger,
WSJ,
27 Aug. 2021
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Around 10 years ago, only 14 states required schools to teach cursive.—
Cayli Yanagida,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
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But adding cursive to the curriculum has been no easy feat.—
Cayli Yanagida,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
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All-Matching Furniture Sets A pair of club chairs, night stands, set of dining chairs, or even a sofa and a wing back chair upholstered in the same print—yes.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Natalie Dormer sports an animal print dress for an appearance on The View on March 26 in New York City.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Luscombe suggests retaining all those envelopes with your mother’s handwriting.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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The handwriting on the card and the envelope seemed to be from two different people, which the OP found strange.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Who doesn’t dream of making beeswax candles, topping naked cakes with berries and writing on labels with picture-perfect penmanship?—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book appears to have all of its original pages, which are covered with tidy penmanship.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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As Deadline first reported, the original cast that includes Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner are returning to star, with Hamburg, who had co-written the three other Meet the Parents movies, penning this script as well.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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The script was flipped, the Lakers and their fans used to seeing Nuggets come off the injury report ahead of games against them.—
Iliana Limón Romero,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.—
Claire Bushey and Peter Campbell,
Ars Technica,
8 May 2023
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Bottom line: Your search is over for the ultimate winter running hand protection for any conditions.—
Svati Kirsten Narula,
Outside Online,
18 Oct. 2022
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Low intervention, low manipulation and a light hand of the winemaker.—
Lana Bortolot,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Conrad and Harry decide a meeting should be set up with Richie before things get out of hand.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Backhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backhand. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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