as in body blow
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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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The Tide blew open the game and broke the 3-point record by knocking down three in a span of about 50 seconds in the second half.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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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
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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Turn the control knob to the right to activate the automatic smoothie setting, or hold it down to the left to run the manual blend/pulse mode.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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The ruling party is looking to cut Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the top earners, according to the left.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Best Standalone Ex Starter Deck Two decks stand out to us as the best standalone ex starter decks: Beedrill ex and Paldean Clodsire ex.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Injuries have decked the Hornets, with Brandon Miller (wrist), Tre Mann (back) and Grant Williams (ACL) missing months.—
Law Murray,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The photographer, quite understandably, sent me close-up images of the painting’s frontal surface, photographed from the right.—
Sarah K. Rich,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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While his Hybrid sets, which are impressive in their own rights, are a combination of him DJing and using electronic components, his Evolution performance is a live set with no DJing whatsoever.—
Lisa Kocay,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Estrogen creams—skincare products designed to reduce signs of aging like wrinkles and dryness—have received glowing reviews on social media.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sides lean toward hearty and include mac and cheese and jalapeño creamed corn.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 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 8 Apr. 2025.
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