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Recent Examples of punt
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The statue captures Gleason's block of Koenen's punt during the Saints' first home game after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The Rebels forced Ralston Valley to punt the ball after sacking Andrews on third-and-7.
—David Mullen, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Punter Tory Taylor landed four punts inside the 10-yard line as the Bears won the field position game.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
The statue captures Gleason's block of Koenen's punt during the Saints' first home game after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
And then Mikey just punts that vase for that last shatter.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The Rebels forced Ralston Valley to punt the ball after sacking Andrews on third-and-7.
—David Mullen, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punt
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Bach Boats rents pontoons with waterslides, deck boats, and other vessels to take out for the day.Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
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The 45-foot-long, yellow pontoon named Woodstock, in honor of one of the original three Alameda settlements formed in 1853, will have room for roughly 34 people and 14 bicycles.Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
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The Dane’s lap then put him to pole, with the Mexican driver, still searching for his first pole of the year.Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2023
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But, at the end of the day, finishing first in your respective conference goes a long way for the voting party, which Denver has seemingly done pole to pole this season.Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
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Each subsequent record was more successful than the last, while the band ceaselessly crisscrossed the country for gigs.Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Each woman at Madison Square Garden took turns, almost treating the song like a lullaby, a different gig for a different sky.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Residents can even go canoeing or rowing on the Guadalquivir River. 09 of 09 Málaga Málaga is a city on Spain’s Mediterranean coastline and the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, one of the most important artists of the 20th century.Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2024
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Activities include canoeing on the pond, skiing on the private slopes, axe-throwing, and perusing the gardens where produce for the two farm-to-table restaurants is grown.Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
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Waters, playing the left, frequently attacked cross-court dinks with a two-handed drive that (as the announcers said) only Waters has the skill to hit in the women’s game.Todd Boss, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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The number of QBs making plays with their legs or the amount of dink and dunk passing might be shocking to a fan who time traveled from the 1970s and stumbled into an NFL stadium in 2024.Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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Google’s big push comes by way of Android 15 with a raft of new updates, while Samsung is arguably doing more, clamping down on sideloading, defaulting to maximum restrictions and pushing its Knox ecosystem as an alternative to Apple’s equivalent.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 1952, San Francisco and Antioch became the first communities in California to supplement naturally occurring levels of fluoride in their drinking water, after a raft of studies showing that the mineral made teeth enamel stronger and more resistant to acid.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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When the boat was first abandoned, a kayak was onboard.Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bring your own watercraft or rent a kayak or stand-up paddleboard at the park for an easy-breezy paddle.Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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When Jonathan swam out to the dinghy, Nicky screamed no.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Here are the remaining medal events: Sailing — Women’s dinghy is at 6:13 a.m.NBC News, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Punt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punt. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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