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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
Hurricane Matthew sucker punched Lumberton, North Carolina, back in 2016.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024
Temperatures rose above 90 degrees Fahrenheit — a sucker punch to those sweltering in their homes, unable to turn on air conditioning as power outages stretched on for days.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 July 2024
Video footage captures a heated exchange before one of the men sucker punched the rapper, which turned the scuffle into a brawl.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 2 July 2024
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Kennedy’s antics may sound like a punchline, but his campaign could be the sucker punch that decides the election.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
Hurricane Matthew sucker punched Lumberton, North Carolina, back in 2016.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024
Temperatures rose above 90 degrees Fahrenheit — a sucker punch to those sweltering in their homes, unable to turn on air conditioning as power outages stretched on for days.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 July 2024
Video footage captures a heated exchange before one of the men sucker punched the rapper, which turned the scuffle into a brawl.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 2 July 2024
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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punch. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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