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Recent Examples of right-hander
The right-hander went 16-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 2022 but had a 4.98 ERA in 2023 before going under the knife.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
The right-hander, using a six-pitch mix, induced nine whiffs over 46 offerings and 3.1 innings.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Braden Nett, a 22-year-old right-hander who spent most of last season in Single-A, came out throwing strikes.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
The right-hander, who pitched under Melvin with the A’s, made 11 appearances in the minors last season.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
The right-hander, using a six-pitch mix, induced nine whiffs over 46 offerings and 3.1 innings.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
Braden Nett, a 22-year-old right-hander who spent most of last season in Single-A, came out throwing strikes.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
The right-hander, who pitched under Melvin with the A’s, made 11 appearances in the minors last season.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-hander
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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
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Ware will be available to make his return after missing the last three games because of a left knee sprain.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
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Ernest Jones, Seahawks Jones, 25, underwent minor knee surgery after the season.—
Rick Stroud,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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The former Met and Guardian has a 5.32 ERA over the last four seasons, but he’s shown swing and miss stuff this spring after tweaking his mechanics and boosting his velocity over the winter.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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In retrospect, this was the height (or perhaps the nadir) of a kind of purity-test politics that was making some swing voters, including Rogan, feel less at home in the Democratic coalition.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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South Shore Terrace's 2023 sales In 2023, South Shore Terrace served more than 100,000 beers, 15,000 non-alcoholic drinks, 25,000 orders of sidewinder fries, 5,500 orders of cheese curds and 5,000 pretzels.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2024
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Among them is a man who a month ago was bitten by a sidewinder rattlesnake near the desert resort city of Palm Springs.—
Louis Sahagún,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2023
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Noboa has sought to crack down on Ecuador’s spiraling security crisis since becoming president in 2023, declaring several states of emergency and designating 22 criminal organizations as terrorist groups, moves that have prompted criticism from some rights groups domestically and abroad.—
Ana Maria Canizares,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Virus scanners run with admin rights and can be exploited.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Throughout his career, Newsom has been a staunch advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, often pushing his party further to the left on the issue.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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On the left, these concerns center on potential discrimination based on someone’s identity, while the right is more concerned with discrimination based on viewpoint.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
6 Mar. 2025
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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
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Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait.—
T. M. Brown,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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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
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“Right-hander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right-hander. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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