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Recent Examples of backhand
Fraser Minten fed the puck down low to Mark Kastelic, who made a superb backhand pass through the slot to Jeannot for Jeannot’s fourth.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Who knew that one of the most important figures in U.S. history had a seriously mean backhand on the basketball court?
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
Batherson passed to Dylan Cozens, whose shot on a forehand-to-backhand move was saved by Sharks goalie Alex Nedeljkovic.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
As for tactical alterations, Katz came to the net more and drilled Liu’s backhand.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
Who knew that one of the most important figures in U.S. history had a seriously mean backhand on the basketball court?
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
Batherson passed to Dylan Cozens, whose shot on a forehand-to-backhand move was saved by Sharks goalie Alex Nedeljkovic.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
As for tactical alterations, Katz came to the net more and drilled Liu’s backhand.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backhand
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For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.—
Peter Saenger,
WSJ,
27 Aug. 2021
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Those include open studio time every Monday afternoon, as well as copperplate etching with a master printmaker; monotype etching classes; drawing from the south; oil and watercolor painting classes; and Leonardo's Legacy classes.—
Sheila D. Grissett,
NOLA.com,
17 Jan. 2021
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Hailey's personalized accessory features her little one's name in cursive and gold and also appears to have a tiny heart at the bottom of it.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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In previous sessions, Leising, R-Oldenburg, has filed 14 bills to require cursive in the classroom.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Upon slow looking, Runia says visitors might discover that each of Rembrandt’s prints is a work of art in itself.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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Besides, Kavian dry-prints electrodes in a variety of chemistries, and allows for rapid innovation while reducing waste and avoiding toxins.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.—
Karina Elwood,
Washington Post,
3 Jan. 2026
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This is also not the voice that was oblivious to what the newspapers and the magazines of the time said about her, or the letters in handwriting that meandered like tendrils on a vine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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These handwritten letters, which lend a quaint quality to the storytelling, are a delightful throwback to an era when penmanship was celebrated.—
Shruti Mutalik,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
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The boy had an army of private tutors, for Latin, Italian, French, Yiddish, Hebrew, English, ancient philosophy, history, geography, drawing, penmanship, and music.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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The partnership aims to leverage Panorama’s distribution network and production expertise with Pauly’s star power and script selection abilities.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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The script detects the operating system and browser.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.—
Claire Bushey and Peter Campbell,
Ars Technica,
8 May 2023
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Bottom line: Your search is over for the ultimate winter running hand protection for any conditions.—
Svati Kirsten Narula,
Outside Online,
18 Oct. 2022
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And as Semafor previously reported, Axel Springer’s top target internally is the Wall Street Journal, should the company ever be able to pry it out of NewsCorp’s hands.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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When the Huskies lined up for a 50-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, Ben Barten’s outstretched hand met the ball, sending it skittering across the slick turf.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Backhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backhand. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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