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Recent Examples of bunt
And things quickly turned dire in the 10th, when righty Zack Kelly loaded the bases on a walk to Paredes and bunt by Braden Shewmake.
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Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Better to bunt or swing away in baseball?
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
After Nick Castellanos doubled in the bottom of the ninth, Thomson made the decision to have Bryson Stott bunt in an effort to get Castellanos to third with only one out.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
So far he’s attempted to bunt for hits only twice.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Better to bunt or swing away in baseball?
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
After Nick Castellanos doubled in the bottom of the ninth, Thomson made the decision to have Bryson Stott bunt in an effort to get Castellanos to third with only one out.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
So far he’s attempted to bunt for hits only twice.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunt
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Quinn also stroked a two-RBI single in the first inning as Lyman Hall, unbeaten during the regular season, built an early 3-0 lead.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
10 June 2026
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Mihyia Davis stroked the next pitch off Slimp’s glove in left for a double and Williams moved to third.—
Tim Willert,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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One event along the Guadalupe River on Friday battered Kerrville and the all-girls Camp Mystic, which sits on the riverbank.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
7 July 2025
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Amid a decline in album sales that battered their revenue and tanked their share prices in 2024 , these agencies lost a combined market cap of 35% from the second half of 2023 to the end of 2024, according to a June 3 note by Goldman Sachs.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
3 July 2025
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International monitors verified that Iran was complying, and Iran was able to tap its oil wealth.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Aside from drawing on years of experience modeling natural catastrophes, risk experts are also tapping into methodologies used to help predict other threats such as strikes, riots and civil commotion.—
Gautam Naik,
Fortune,
14 June 2026
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Jokic drove into Kyle Kuzma with his left hand, then started to spin the other way, only to flick the ball back over his right shoulder once his back was to the basket.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Nov. 2025
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And the sound of tens of thousands of seats flicking up as fans stand to see exciting play, mingling with human voices to make a magic roar.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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Raul Jiminez came close to a goal for the second time, this time on a cross into the box, but he was once again turned away by a diving Ronwen Williams, who pushed the ball aside.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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As the crew invades his space and a volatile director (Pyper-Ferguson) pushes him to his limits the line between Levi and his character dissolves.—
William Earl,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Just like the band’s original recipe of shoving punk, dub reggae, hip-hop and ska into a blender, the new songs dutifully stick to the formula along with Jakob’s soulful caterwauls that sound scarily similar to his dad.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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His security guard told me to back off – and then shoved a striking worker off her own picket line.—
Heather Merrick,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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The threats just keep jabbing at America’s borders.—
Donald G. McNeil Jr,
Washington Post,
1 June 2026
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The president has kept up his criticism of Leo, jabbing the pope in a May 4 interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on the eve of Rubio’s visit.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Mary might have nothing to do with all that, but Caroline does not see it that way, and the pair continue to butt heads until later in the season.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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The raging immovable object will butt up against the cool, collected irresistible force.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunt. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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