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Recent Examples of backhand
Florida tied it 1-1 midway through the period when Reinhart, cutting in front of the crease, tucked in a backhand shot around Dostal’s right pad for his 750th career point.
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Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Badosa, seeded 11th at this year’s Australian Open, won a tight first set after breaking Gauff’s serve at 5-5, producing a superb backhand volley and following it up with a crushing forehand winner on the next point.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Zacha, in turn, made a perfect backhand pass to Geekie, who lifted it over Merilainen for a 3-2 lead.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
On the ensuing point, Medvedev ended a rally by stroking a two-handed backhand wide, bringing Tien to match point.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Badosa, seeded 11th at this year’s Australian Open, won a tight first set after breaking Gauff’s serve at 5-5, producing a superb backhand volley and following it up with a crushing forehand winner on the next point.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Zacha, in turn, made a perfect backhand pass to Geekie, who lifted it over Merilainen for a 3-2 lead.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
On the ensuing point, Medvedev ended a rally by stroking a two-handed backhand wide, bringing Tien to match point.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backhand
Noun
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The resulting copperplate is dated July 4, 1823.—
Joe Pappalardo,
Popular Mechanics,
3 July 2020
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For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.—
Peter Saenger,
WSJ,
27 Aug. 2021
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But adding cursive to the curriculum has been no easy feat.—
Cayli Yanagida,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
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The scroll was written in hieratic, a type of ancient Egyptian cursive, and the dealer, Edwin Smith, wasn’t fluent enough to decode the text.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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Loloi collection at Wayfair includes decorative pillows and area rugs with floral and botanical prints in colorful or neutral tones.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2025
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When the story came out a leader at their church made sure to get numerous extra copies of the print edition.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Yet, several Missouri Republican lawmakers are again pushing to pass bills that would require cursive handwriting to be taught in Missouri public schools.—
Cayli Yanagida,
Kansas City Star,
8 Feb. 2025
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The findings from these excursions, collected in Dr. Stevenson’s neat handwriting, are stored by country in filing cabinets and are in the slow process of being digitized.—
Saskia Solomon,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Jan. 2025
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His penmanship and his notetaking skills are impressive.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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As previously reported, feature writer Zak Penn (The Avengers, Ready Player One, Free Guy) will pen the script with original series co-creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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Francois said agencies did assist ahead of the final ad, but the script and ideas started inside the automaker.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2025
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The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.—
Claire Bushey and Peter Campbell,
Ars Technica,
8 May 2023
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Bottom line: Your search is over for the ultimate winter running hand protection for any conditions.—
Svati Kirsten Narula,
Outside Online,
18 Oct. 2022
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Shaking hands with the Chiefs’ Chris Jones, Trump then held a very public meet and greet with some of the family members of victims in the January 1 attack on Bourbon Street and emergency responders who were there that terrible morning.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
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Not to mention, getting down on your hands and knees to yank weeds out of the ground can be painful, and even more so for those dealing with chronic pain and conditions like arthritis.—
Brittney Morgan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Backhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backhand. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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