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Recent Examples of fist
Move fists one inch forward while keeping back straight and not leaning torso forward or folding and waist.
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Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
How to: Start in a boxer's stance with left leg forward and right leg back, knees bent, fists protecting face.
Punch the left arm out and pull fist quickly back to face.
—Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
At 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd once pleaded with Chauvin to get off his neck and cried out for his mother, a metal Black Lives Matter fist the height of a streetlamp has been erected in the intersection, which is outlined by a flower garden.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2021
Then, once on the court, players are outlawed from high-fives, relegated instead to fist or elbow bumps.
—Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2021
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Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
How to: Start in a boxer's stance with left leg forward and right leg back, knees bent, fists protecting face.
Punch the left arm out and pull fist quickly back to face.
—Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
At 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd once pleaded with Chauvin to get off his neck and cried out for his mother, a metal Black Lives Matter fist the height of a streetlamp has been erected in the intersection, which is outlined by a flower garden.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2021
Then, once on the court, players are outlawed from high-fives, relegated instead to fist or elbow bumps.
—Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fist
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An idea may grip you when Venus retrograde aligns with Pluto.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Week in Review Asian equities were mixed for the week as the U.S. recession fears gripped the region.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Alec is visibly disturbed by the news, pushing his chair back and clasping his hand to his face, stunned into silence.—
Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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Option to clasp your hands behind your back and reach your knuckles toward the wall behind you.—
Amber Sayer,
Outside Online,
24 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, each of these three skills can be grasped in less than one year and will cost you a fraction of the cost of a degree--between $400 to $1,000 on average--to learn them.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Jack Blues is sweetly grasping his 31-year-old dad’s face in the frames — which appear to have been taken after bathtime — while lying on a white towel on a tiled floor.—
Clare Fisher,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Cowboys in the past have been known for putting up brutal showings in the biggest moments, so adding someone seemingly clutch like Golden would also make a lot of sense.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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It’s medically clutch to catch a disease like AD early on—immediate medications can slow progression across a patient’s brain.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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The weight made cornering a battle at the extremities of grip, but the GranTurismo is no Sunday cruiser.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Cops want to corner a copper crook who broke into a Bronx building, officials said Saturday.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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The following year, Eli Lilly secured FDA approval to sell tirzepatide (brand name Mounjaro) to treat Type 2 diabetes in 2022.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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For three of its championship years, Red Bull built the fastest car in F1, and Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez scored race wins and plenty of points to help the team secure the constructors championships in 2021, 2022, and 2023.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Mar. 2025
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About two dozen people held signs lambasting the billionaire outside a dealership in London as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support.—
Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Marks reportedly sent a memo to the politician proposing listening sessions on immunizations and holding public meetings with the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering and Medicine, the outlet reported.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Seagull The season’s starriest show is Chekhov’s rending play about art, love and loss in a new version from Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier, with Ostermeier directing.—
Matt Wolf,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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In lesser hands, this might be one of those theatrical pieces that offers a nice excuse for actors to rend garments and gnash teeth onscreen — the sort of cinéma du Off-Broadway favored by microbudget indie directors and arthouse die-hards.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2024
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“Fist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fist. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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