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Recent Examples of roundhouse
Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills – including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks – to his meaty role.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Urías throws a roundhouse punch with his pitching hand and unleashes a stream of expletives in Spanish.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Subsequent excavations have revealed many clues about the lives of the roundhouse’s Bronze Age residents, as the Guardian’s Steven Morris reports.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Urías throws a roundhouse punch with his pitching hand and unleashes a stream of expletives in Spanish.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Subsequent excavations have revealed many clues about the lives of the roundhouse’s Bronze Age residents, as the Guardian’s Steven Morris reports.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundhouse
Noun
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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
Noun
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Highs to lows The Dow Industrials had a 1.7% swing from high to low on Tuesday.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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Trump enjoys strong support from his base but is entering a period of his presidency that will test the commitment of swing voters who helped him become only the second GOP presidential candidate to win the popular vote since 1988.—
W. James Antle III,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
4 Mar. 2025
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This weeknight dinner dishes up a little kick and a whole lot of comfort.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2025
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Slower kicks mean less propulsion and, once again, a tendency to sink.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 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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The middle chapters present an amazing one-two punch of how varied the series’ approach is, even while dealing with this case and this way of filming it.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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That's when the spread of fentanyl and the COVID pandemic dealt a one-two punch, triggering a catastrophic surge of fatal overdoses.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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The political right claimed polls systematically underestimated Trump, while the left accused pollsters of falsely portraying the 2024 race as close.—
Clifford Young,
The Conversation,
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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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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“Roundhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundhouse. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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