as in body blow
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Recent Examples of rabbit punch
Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2024
Noun
Before your boss could match dance steps to the music, his opponent was already kicking him in the groin and throwing rabbit punches.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit punch
Noun
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Arie Garcia-Evans and her Waubonsie Valley basketball teammates were on the ropes after absorbing more than a few literal body blows against Bolingbrook in the Class 4A sectional semifinals on Tuesday.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Stevenson dropped Padley three times in the ninth round with body blows before his corner threw in the towel.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Murray returned from a twisted ankle late in the fourth quarter to knock down a game-tying jumper with 5.3 seconds left, but it was sandwiched between Wizards 3s.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Blue Devils were able to knock down a pair of free throws, and Lubin missed his three-pointer to send the game to overtime, giving Duke a 74-71 win.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Out on her break alone, Dana is suddenly sucker punched with a blow that knocks her to the ground.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Out of nowhere, Derrick Nix — Appling’s former high school teammate — sucker punched Green in the jaw.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Tesla becomes a target for the left Tesla was once the darling of the left.—
TIME,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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An exquisitely original writer, an activist who stood against the dictatorship and a critic of the traditional left’s homophobia, Lemebel played with drag and the gender binary.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sides lean toward hearty and include mac and cheese and jalapeño creamed corn.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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It is found in many locations, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Russia and New Zealand, and ranges in color from olive green to cream.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Suites are decked in handcrafted furnishings and soothing neutral shades, with artwork and decor inspired by traditional Mexican artistry.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2025
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The three weeks leading up to the final against Nantes brought a whirlwind of publicity — game show invitations, multiple TV interviews, a feature in upmarket lifestyle magazine Paris Match — and local shops decked themselves out in the club’s red and yellow colours.—
Tom Williams,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In retrospect, this was the height (or perhaps the nadir) of a kind of purity-test politics that was making some swing voters, including Rogan, feel less at home in the Democratic coalition.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The former Met and Guardian has a 5.32 ERA over the last four seasons, but he’s shown swing and miss stuff this spring after tweaking his mechanics and boosting his velocity over the winter.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rice, 26, recently clubbed his fifth home run in less than 50 spring training at-bats.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Brat is a party album that functions year-round for clubbing teenagers and teary moms-to-be alike.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Rabbit punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20punch. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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