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as in slaps
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
after the man had punched the bartender for eighty-sixing him, bouncers stepped in and restrained him until the police could arrive
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as in drills
to make a hole or series of holes in
punch a ticket
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as in blows
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
the poor palooka wasn't able to land a single punch on his opponent
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as in punctures
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
old computers used to get information by reading the punches on a series of cards
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Recent Examples of punches
Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
But winning this will mean landing punches, and taking them.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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But winning this will mean landing punches, and taking them.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
But winning this will mean landing punches, and taking them.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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As healthcare evolves, data drives decision-making, improves outcomes and reduces administrative burdens.Arpan Saxena, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Severe storms, the study found, lead to a capital depreciation shock that drives down the value of local assets.Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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After that, the studio released the stop-motion hits ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and The Two Strings and Missing Link.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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If Israel hits Iran’s oil industry, supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could become of concern, other analysts echoed.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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In practice, a timing study of an operation that runs 24/7 might only involve 15 minutes of direct observation where the subject knows they are being watched.Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Eligibility for the 2025 Grammys runs from September 16, 2023, through August 30, 2024.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The logic sounds airtight until the market pokes holes in it.John Walkup, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Elsewhere in the promos, Thompson pokes fun at his long tenure.Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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The film contains one of the great gross-out scenes of all time, in which Adjani has a bloody, violent miscarriage in a Berlin subway station and slams her body around as if in the throes of an exorcism.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Brown is casting Moreno as a wealthy businessman who is out for himself, and Moreno, R-Ohio, slams Brown as a career politician who is a rubber stamp for President Joe Biden and Harris.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
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Detroit Pistons team owner Tom Gores claps during the press conference on July 30, 2021 at the Pistons Performance Center in Detroit, Michigan.Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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When the camera zooms in on Haines, the gnat can be seen buzzing around above her head (as evidenced in Entertainment Weekly's extremely serious investigative photos below) before Goldberg launches her military action and claps her hands while Haines speaks.EW.com, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Punches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punches. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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