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Recent Examples of haymaker In what may well be considered the game of the year, Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson traded dizzying haymakers until the final whistle. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 The pace has definitely ramped up here in the third quarter, with both teams landing haymakers. Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025 Although Kennedale kept absorbing blows from Wheatley, the team kept retaliating with haymakers of its own. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2025 And those hands have been laying absolute haymakers lately. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for haymaker
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Noun
  • The entirety of Sinners may take place over the span of only 24 hours, but Ryan Coogler (Creed, Black Panther) sure manages to pack a punch into that timeframe.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Netflix’s earnings beat for Q1 comes amid broader fears of a looming economic downturn that could deliver a punch to consumer spending and ad budgets.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The endorsement was a boon to Mr. Cuomo, 67, and a blow to his rivals.
    Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The result is just tit-for-tat subversion and another blow to America’s supposedly nonpartisan system of justice.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That the episode doesn’t engage with weightier questions around representation and A.I. only makes its bittersweet ending, in which Brandy is gifted another A.I. prototype of Dorothy, land with a thud.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
  • In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Two minutes later, Pastrnak redirected a slap pass from Morgan Geekie into the net to tie it 2-all.
    Jimmy Golen, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Closing the door to these studios during the extreme hype of a console’s launch window would be a slap to the face.
    Jason Evangelho, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Rami Sinno is crouched beside a filing cabinet, wrestling a beach-ball sized disc out of a box, when a dull thump echoes around his laboratory.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Then the silence was broken by the loud thump of Olive’s .38/40.
    Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As President Donald Trump takes fast-changing swipes at U.S. trade relationships around the world, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is challenging the president’s authority and taking steps to curb economic blowback.
    Ali Martin, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Hold: Strong Shades: 8 Pros: Vegan and cruelty free, easy to use, buildable Cons: Takes a couple swipes to get more pigment out of it Your brow gel questions, answered Is clear or tinted brow gel better?
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Connor Norby added three hits for the Marlins, and Dane Myers had two hits and scored twice.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Losing not just one but three centerfielders to injury, the Tigers have been forced to go with 2019 fourth-round draft pick out of UCLA Ryan Kreisler, who has managed just four hits in 37 at bats so far.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Our only knock was about shadow details looking a little muddy or washed.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • New student loan delinquencies have been shown to take massive bites out of credit scores, with deductions averaging 87 points for subprime borrowers and steep 171-point knocks for those with superprime, or excellent, credit standing.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Haymaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haymaker. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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