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Recent Examples of sucker punch
Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
That elicited a response from Miller, who jumped Marchand to defend Hughes, only to eat a few gloved sucker punches after Marchand somehow extricated himself from the pile.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
This immediately became one of my favorite coming-of-age films of the year, and with its sucker punch runtime, everyone can and should give it a stream.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
This revelation is a sucker punch, a damning indictment of an audience that has been rooting for Catherine's downfall.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
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Verb
This looked like a team that had just absorbed quite a sucker punch.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
That elicited a response from Miller, who jumped Marchand to defend Hughes, only to eat a few gloved sucker punches after Marchand somehow extricated himself from the pile.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
This immediately became one of my favorite coming-of-age films of the year, and with its sucker punch runtime, everyone can and should give it a stream.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
This revelation is a sucker punch, a damning indictment of an audience that has been rooting for Catherine's downfall.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker 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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But the Bulls got hot from there, knocking down seven 3-pointers in eight minutes to cut the Lakers’ lead to four (107-103).—
Khobi Price,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2025
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Flagg found his rhythm by working inside out, first converting a pair of tough layups around the basket before knocking down his second 3-pointer of the night, assisted by Sion James.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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One of the people who lost his job at NOAA in late February was working on models to better predict severe weather, like the storm that felled my tree.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
7 Mar. 2025
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The coalition will be under pressure to deliver results and avoid the infighting that has felled previous governments.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
28 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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This image taken from video posted by NASA shows, from left, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Suni Williams speaking during a news conference, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Acciona Wind turbine blades have previously been turned into asphalt for roads, decking materials, the raw ingredients for 3D printing filaments, and park benches and playground equipment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Mar. 2025
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Black and white cheetah prints decked skirts with a front slit trimmed in aquamarine feathers which also snaked around the lapels of a fiery red woolen coat.—
WWD,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What are the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship?—
Jeremy DeLuca,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
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How that happened is up for debate, with competing stories and narratives fighting for the right to be considered the truth.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
19 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
Noun
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Recent tariff hikes and isolationist trade policies— not to mention erratic policy swings— threaten to further destabilize food access in already-vulnerable regions.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Cease threw 28 changeups all last season and got one miss on five swings.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punch. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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