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Recent Examples of uppercut
Three weeks ago, Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Grover Stewart clobbered Darnold in the helmet with a right uppercut.
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Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
If a 100% tax was a stiff jab in the effort to keep Chinese EVs off U.S. roads, the Biden administration just dropped a decisive uppercut.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
Here are the new weapons available in Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 3: Wrecked.
Nitro Fists: Nitro fists can perform a punch combo, an uppercut or an aerial punch that dashes you through the air.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2024
One minute into her quarterfinal match, Ms. McCane split Costa Rican Nicole Vega Moya’s guard with a right uppercut, left cross combo that resulted in the first standing count knockdown.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
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Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
If a 100% tax was a stiff jab in the effort to keep Chinese EVs off U.S. roads, the Biden administration just dropped a decisive uppercut.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
Here are the new weapons available in Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 3: Wrecked.
Nitro Fists: Nitro fists can perform a punch combo, an uppercut or an aerial punch that dashes you through the air.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2024
One minute into her quarterfinal match, Ms. McCane split Costa Rican Nicole Vega Moya’s guard with a right uppercut, left cross combo that resulted in the first standing count knockdown.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppercut
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But in the film world, Adler might be best remembered for her unexpectedly daring roundhouse kick to film criticism’s sacred cow, Pauline Kael.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
17 Dec. 2024
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Archaeologists have learned that two roundhouses were built at the site, one after the other.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 July 2024
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Simmons suffered a season-ending knee injury, so the medicals will be crucial during the pre-draft process.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Bagley has missed the past 14 games with a right knee sprain.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Jan. 2025
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Quarterback Lamar Jackson was having the best season of his career, forming arguably the game’s most lethal one-two punch with running back Derrick Henry.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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The savvy one-two averted a critical loss near the goal line.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the new study, for example, participants focused on general moves for their kettlebell training routine: deadlifts, shoulder presses, bent-over rows, squats, and swings.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Health,
28 Jan. 2025
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December was the only month same-store sales fell during the quarter, but Black Box attributed the swing to the calendar shift caused by a late Thanksgiving.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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Finding Nemo-ready tropical fish dart in aquarium-clear waters an easy snorkel kick from shore.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2025
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Pereira let his opponent, Khalil Rountree Jr, tire himself out in the early going of the fight while simultaneously slowing him with powerful kicks to Rountree's lead leg.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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While scrambling to his left on a third-and-11 snap in the first quarter, Mahomes saw linebacker Patrick Queen shove Perine to the turf, leaving the veteran rolling on his back.—
Nate Taylor,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Israeli forces will pull back from many areas, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be able to return to what’s left of their homes, and there would be a surge of humanitarian assistance.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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But a square hole at bottom right reveals a middle-aged couple in the distance, dressed in dark business suits.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Image One monarchy survived — and as remarkable as that survival is the fact that for 133 of the last 200 years England has been ruled by two queens regnant, women who inherited the throne in their own right.—
Geoffrey Wheatcroft,
New York Times,
18 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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All of which meant that when economists gathered in San Francisco this month for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, there was a sense that their famous confidence — critics would say arrogance — had been, if not shattered, certainly dealt a body blow.—
Ben Casselman,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Uppercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppercut. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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