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Examples of punter in a Sentence
He was one of the greatest punters in NFL history.
Effective marketing means getting the punters to buy what you want them to buy.
The sale attracted more than 1,000 punters.
Recent Examples of punter from the Web
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Austin Rehkow was a kicker and punter at Idaho, finishing in the top seven nationally in punting each of his first three seasons with the Vandals.
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The NFL record of 352 consecutive games is held by punter Jeff Feagles, who had to kick only a few times a game, 16 times a year.
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Kevin Rutledge, a former Sun Devil punter, filed a lawsuit in September 1979 seeking damages against Kush and others associated with the football program.
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Included were 16 players on that season's final two-deep roster, nine of whom were starters, and a kicker, punter and returner.
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However, his coaching career at Arizona State ended in 1979, after punter Kevin Rutledge said he was punched by Kush during a 1978 game.
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Early in the 1979 season, Mr. Kush was fired after his punter, Kevin Rutledge, charged that the coach punched him during a game the previous year.
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Alabama has its punter commitment for the class of 2018.
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Tuten remains second in team history in punts (554), punting yards (24,266), average (43.80) and punts inside the 20 (147) ranking second in all of those categories behind current Seattle punter Jon Ryan.
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First Known Use of punter
circa 1706
PUNTER Defined for English Language Learners
punter
playDefinition of punter for English Language Learners
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American football : a player whose job is to punt the ball
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: someone who makes a bet
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: a person who goes on a river, canal, etc., in a long, thin boat (called a punt)
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