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Recent Examples of roundhouse
Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.
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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
The National Park Service worked with the tribes to construct a roundhouse in the village where Indigenous people perform religious ceremonies that could also be used for public education.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
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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
The National Park Service worked with the tribes to construct a roundhouse in the village where Indigenous people perform religious ceremonies that could also be used for public education.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundhouse
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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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The Celtics ruled out Jaylen Brown (right knee swelling), Torrey Craig (return to competition reconditioning), JD Davison (G League), Jrue Holiday (right shoulder impingement), Drew Peterson (G League) and Anton Watson (G League) for Monday’s game in Miami.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Mavs’ injury woes also deepened on Monday, as the team lost center Daniel Gafford to a right knee sprain.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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On Friday, the Heat will continue a five-game road swing by visiting the Raptors before trips to Milwaukee and Indiana.—
James Jackson,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Axios' Zachary Basu traveled with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on last week's Europe swing.—
Jim VandeHei,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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After a couple of range-finding kicks and a solitary jab, Salkilld stepped into range and landed a hammer of a straight right that sent Jubli crashing to the canvas.—
Simon Head,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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The days when Black men and boys would wake up early, get a fade, then wait in line for the latest kicks, new cleats, or as leisure.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
9 Feb. 2025
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On the left, underneath the clock, is a little battery icon that gives you a rough gauge of your charge.—
Brad Bourque,
WIRED,
22 Feb. 2025
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On the left of team principal Fred Vasseur was the team’s future, Charles Leclerc, who has called Ferrari his home since joining the team in 2016 as part of its driver academy.—
Madeline Coleman,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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That poignant one-two punch was all part of director Michael Morris' plan.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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City got their press wrong from kick-off at the start of the second half, and a simple one-two was enough for Pedro Goncalves to get in behind their midfield.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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However, despite his disapproval of the administration's action, Casey said that Trump acted within his rights as president.—
Isabel Danzis,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2025
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In the center of the row of inputs there is an Ethernet port with two USB-C data ports to its right which can be used for attaching peripherals or storage.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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And naturally, the nightmare of sitting under the bleachers next to Michaels as one of your babies falls flat on its face during the Saturday-night dry run is like a devastating body blow to the ego.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Roundhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundhouse. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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