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as in close-in
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as in physical
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Recent Examples of hand-to-hand
Davis is seen escaping the attack and fighting in hand-to-hand combat.
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Abigail Lee, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
Weekend picks Penguin Random House Check out what NPR is watching, reading and listening to this weekend:
🍿 Movies: The action movie Love Hurts features hand-to-hand fighting and a touch of romance.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Danzig is a lawyer, former drill sergeant and hand-to-hand combat instructor with the Israeli Defense Forces from 1982 to 1985 as well as a New York City police officer from 1989 to 1992.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
The morning’s training wouldn’t be dedicated to firing drills, marksmanship or hand-to-hand combat.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
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Abigail Lee, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
Weekend picks Penguin Random House Check out what NPR is watching, reading and listening to this weekend:
🍿 Movies: The action movie Love Hurts features hand-to-hand fighting and a touch of romance.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Danzig is a lawyer, former drill sergeant and hand-to-hand combat instructor with the Israeli Defense Forces from 1982 to 1985 as well as a New York City police officer from 1989 to 1992.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
The morning’s training wouldn’t be dedicated to firing drills, marksmanship or hand-to-hand combat.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-to-hand
Adjective
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Add to that the close-in communications, collaboration and the sharing of ideas.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Of course, the prestigious school also is a massive economic generator for the famously progressive, and beautiful, close-in Chicago suburb, a community with grand old homes and enviable lakefront vistas but also some downtown business problems and struggling neighborhoods demanding attention.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While the pneumonia infection has been successfully treated, Francis will continue to take oral medication for quite some time to treat the fungal infection in his lungs and continue his respiratory and physical physiotherapy.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The physical altercation happened earlier this month at Wallace Middle School in Waterbury, Connecticut.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The useful Ambient Music for iPhone is now accessible directly from Control Center, which is much more convenient.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Most Locations Are Open 24/7 Fast food is all about convenience, and nothing says convenient like being open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Engaging in somatic yoga may help treat and potentially reverse these issues.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
21 Nov. 2024
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Camille is a Social Imagineer, artist, and somatic facilitator who is the author of Tending Grief, a book that shares embodied rituals for holding our sorrow and growing cultures of care in community.—
Evie Muir,
refinery29.com,
5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Deep cleaning upholstery just got a whole lot easier with this handy home appliance, which is a longtime bestseller on Amazon.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2025
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Many are immigrants who may have had another profession in their previous lives — welders, mechanics or electricians with skills that come in handy at workplaces where something always needs fixing.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Non-fatiguing and transparent, the sound can be compared to Quad 57 electrostatics, but with deep base, corporeal weight, and presence.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
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The varying coarseness creates another layer of texture within the paintings, where corporeal forms have been stacked and obscured by energetic markings.—
Kristen Tauer,
WWD,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ramping up surveillance Experts say the U.S. needs to boost its surveillance and detection systems now that there are more animal and human cases of D1.1.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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However, they are immediately attacked by a ferocious creature that seems not fully animal, not fully human.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Urías was initially charged with a felony count of corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant, and he was placed on administrative leave by MLB Sept. 6.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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According to Us Weekly, in April 2021, Matt pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery with corporal injury of a spouse and guilty to one felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud or deceit.—
Diane J. Cho,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Hand-to-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-to-hand. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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