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Recent Examples of roundhouse
And there’s not a roundhouse kick or a high-octane pistol face-off in sight.
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Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Excavations in South Ayrshire also unearthed ruins of another 2,600-year-old roundhouse and 3,500-year-old pottery, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait.
—T. M. Brown, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Its fight scenes and climactic set pieces are dynamic and well-choreographed, presenting a World’s Greatest Detective that’s more likely to deliver a spinning roundhouse kick than moody introspection.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Excavations in South Ayrshire also unearthed ruins of another 2,600-year-old roundhouse and 3,500-year-old pottery, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait.
—T. M. Brown, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Its fight scenes and climactic set pieces are dynamic and well-choreographed, presenting a World’s Greatest Detective that’s more likely to deliver a spinning roundhouse kick than moody introspection.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundhouse
Noun
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Only a small percentage of those players could survive Tyson's flurry of instant-knockdown uppercuts and emerge victorious with the undisputed World Video Boxing Association championship.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
9 Feb. 2025
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In Salt Lake, that’s the equivalent of an uppercut to the chin.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Push your hips back and bend your knees to lower down, keeping your chest up and core engaged.—
Jordan Smith,
SELF,
14 Apr. 2025
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Adding to the misery was the bleak announcement before Saturday’s game when Venable revealed outfielder Austin Slater had torn the meniscus in his right knee Friday while stretching.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The seasonal beach community off South Carolina is usually a place to work on your swing, but here looked more like Davos for the owners box crowd.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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In an environment marked by uncertainty and market swings, Philip Morris stands out due to its strong fundamentals and strategic focus, which have enabled it to weather global economic pressures effectively.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Russian slipped the kick through everyone’s legs and into the side netting.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Sasaki tweaked his delivery during a bullpen session more than a week ago — aligning his back leg and shoulder to better emphasize his extreme leg kick and straighten his direction to the plate — and found a way to throw fastballs consistently over the plate.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Winds were blowing 19 mph from left to right with a first-pitch temperature of 43 degrees.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Martinez then returns the pass to Barella with Augusto pushing on out wide on Inter’s left to provide another passing option.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Dante Venuto and Will van der Voorn were an exceptional one-two punch for the Warriors, controlling the faceoff battle all game.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Palm Desert’s baseball team is 12-4 and showing off a formidable one-two pitching punch in 6-foot-7 junior Jake Brande (4-1, 1.54 ERA) and Zach Gibbs (5-0, 1.47). . .—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Within about half the gulf, the U.S. has sovereign rights for exploring, managing natural resources and jurisdiction, as international law allows, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.—
Mark Strassmann,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The ninth-place team in each conference hosts the 10th-place team in the first play-in game before the winner of that contest goes on the road to take on the loser of the play-in game between the seventh-place team and eighth-place team for the right to the conference’s No. 8 playoff seed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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And naturally, the nightmare of sitting under the bleachers next to Michaels as one of your babies falls flat on its face during the Saturday-night dry run is like a devastating body blow to the ego.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Roundhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundhouse. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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