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Recent Examples of bunt
In the field, the Yankees also could try to stress Freeman in a way the Padres and New York Mets didn’t, by bunting to him and forcing him to be more involved defensively.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Believe it, somebody in modern baseball actually bunted their way on base.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
With runners at the corners, Allen bunted into a forceout that scored Cameron for a 4-2 lead.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Tatum then bunted toward third to move a pair of runners into scoring position in front of a two-run double by Jarett Boswell.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Believe it, somebody in modern baseball actually bunted their way on base.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
With runners at the corners, Allen bunted into a forceout that scored Cameron for a 4-2 lead.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Tatum then bunted toward third to move a pair of runners into scoring position in front of a two-run double by Jarett Boswell.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunt
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The father pointed to the sky, stroked his head, and seemed to explain something to him.Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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However, the way Percy is stroking John’s face and talking about his beautiful eyes says that there are some lingering feelings there.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Pacific Palisades is a meeting point between suburbs and wildland hillsides often battered by winds.Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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While many in the public thought the artist touched up the piece in 2002 because it was battered by weather, the artist instead added Dr. James F. Sistrunk to the mural, Dunlap said.Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a senator from Ohio after being tapped to be Trump's running mate, was seated in the front row during the count.Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Off set, Erivo tapped nail artist Shea Osei to update her talons with museum-worthy manicures, some of which were decked out in crystals and and 3-D designs and always coated in dreamy OPI shades.Michelle Lee, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The nipple heel is an I-gotcha-shoe, something to flick your nose at the discriminatory height rules of the Cannes Film Festival.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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These are the best action flicks currently on Hulu, updated monthly.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Senate Democrats have pushed for more information over Bondi's foreign lobbying work to determine any potential conflicts of interest that might surface should she be confirmed as attorney general.Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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When the pendulum swung during the Progressive Era, reformers pushed the government to impose new rules that gave workers a better quality of life and a fairer chance at upward mobility.Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Biden made a huge error in trying to shove these regulations down the throats of Americans.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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After Ford wanted to leave the house with their son, the complaint says Ford threatened to beat her, then shoved her into a wall and hit her in the face.Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025
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While Trudeau sought to appease Trump, visiting him at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the incoming president has since repeatedly jabbed at the prime minister, suggesting making Canada the 51st state and reiterating the idea in response to Trudeau’s resignation.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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In the meantime, Democrats are jabbing back at GOP claims over the New Orleans atrocity.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
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Oftentimes, introverted tendencies and the tools needed to be a head coach can butt heads.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Johnson and Martinez butted heads when the mayor proposed a high-interest loan to make the pension payment, which Martinez and others insisted would lead the district to financial ruin.Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunt. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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