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Noun
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Despite going low, Spieth sits six strokes behind Jake Knapp who shot a historic 59.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025 -
The recent death of Irv Gotti from stroke complications also highlights the dangers.—
Taayoo Murray,
Essence,
28 Feb. 2025
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Although Perron in Stl or our own JVR in Philly would be a good counter arguments.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The Nets’ offense continued to cool down early in the fourth quarter, turnovers began to pile up, and Philadelphia finally found its counter punch.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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This is part of the most corrupt bargain in American history. KARL: But are their counterpunches having any impact at all?—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2025
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At one point, the No. 15 Tigers led by 11 and appeared to be taking control before Tennessee responded with a counterpunch.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid announced a huge KO injury blow which Cope - citing anonymous sources - expects to sideline the first team starting player in question for around two months.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Of course, Seidler likely didn’t envision the franchise would lose its local TV partner, dealing a financial blow.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Videos from the festival shared on social media showed violent brawls, women throwing haymakers and wrestling with each other, and piles of trash growing on the beach.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Of course, Barkley delivered haymakers in the form of a 62-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and a 78-yard touchdown run in the fourth at a time when Hurts was less effective while hobbled by a knee injury.—
Mike Jones,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Wall Street concluded an already softer week with a thud Friday after the December jobs report came in much hotter than expected.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2025
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Survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan reported hearing thuds and explosions from outside the aircraft during the flight, as the cause of the deadly catastrophe remains under investigation.—
Dragana Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Dec. 2024
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This monitor also offers a comfortable cuff that expands to a full 17 inches, larger than most cuff sizes, to accommodate more users.—
Loren Brutsch,
Health,
19 Feb. 2025
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Jones wears a Gucci dress, $6,900, bracelet, $1,300, bracelet, $1,150, and cuff, $920, gucci.com; Christian Louboutin shoes, $995, christianlouboutin.com; LO Collections earrings, $425, and ring, $300, dinosaurdesigns.com; and Dinosaur Designs ring, $235, dinosaurdesigns.com.—
Adam Bradley,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Arsenal’s Leno had just blocked from Christian Eriksen, but the ball was headed out to Moussa Sissoko who thwacked it full pelt from the edge of the box.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
17 Dec. 2024
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Soon, Siberian fur traders were trapping and harvesting pelts in the Aleutian Islands and around the island of Kodiak off Alaska’s southern coast.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Counterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstroke. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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