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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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Murray returned from a twisted ankle late in the fourth quarter to knock down a game-tying jumper with 5.3 seconds left, but it was sandwiched between Wizards 3s.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Blue Devils were able to knock down a pair of free throws, and Lubin missed his three-pointer to send the game to overtime, giving Duke a 74-71 win.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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In the early frames, the Sox were felled by the same issues that cost them so many games the year before: too many errors, unearned runs, and men left on base.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Here are three common leadership pitfalls that Musk's rise calls to mind and which have felled countless leaders and mass movements through history.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Tesla becomes a target for the left Tesla was once the darling of the left.—
TIME,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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This image taken from video posted by NASA shows, from left, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Suni Williams speaking during a news conference, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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Acciona Wind turbine blades have previously been turned into asphalt for roads, decking materials, the raw ingredients for 3D printing filaments, and park benches and playground equipment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Mar. 2025
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Black and white cheetah prints decked skirts with a front slit trimmed in aquamarine feathers which also snaked around the lapels of a fiery red woolen coat.—
WWD,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Roku has acquired exclusive distribution rights to Just a Bit Outside, a documentary that chronicles the 1982 season of the Milwaukee Brewers.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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What are the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship?—
Jeremy DeLuca,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sides lean toward hearty and include mac and cheese and jalapeño creamed corn.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
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It is found in many locations, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Russia and New Zealand, and ranges in color from olive green to cream.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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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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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punch. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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