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Noun
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If not for a stroke of luck to do with markings on cell doors, he, too, would probably have been killed.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026 -
And if Tatis finds his power stroke to add to his Grade-A right-field defense, the picture clicks into something much closer to full focus.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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At the counter, the girls realized no one had brought money.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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At the counter, Sakeena was slicing slabs of goat meat into small cubes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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Ball State’s Rogers, who had only three kills in the first set, came out revitalized in the second set and delivered nine scoring blows.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Magyar's center-right Tisza party defeated Orbán's nationalist-populist Fidesz in a stunning blow last month, gaining more votes and seats in Parliament than any other party in Hungary's post-Communist history.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Griffin’s Miami counterpunch didn’t come from nowhere.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Philadelphia landed a counterpunch in Game 2.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The teen's uncle heard a loud thud and rushed to the shed to check on the two brothers.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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But a patient pugilist values the muffled thud of shots to the resolve.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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This dress included floral embroidery around the collar, neckline, cuffs and running down the front placket of the design.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her décolletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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Sam Houston, weighing 285 pounds and standing 3 feet tall, is the seventh calf born at the zoo, staff said in a news release Wednesday.—
Harriet Ramos
May 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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There are 3,437 volumes consisting of 17,000 pounds of files.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
7 May 2026
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The company’s machine, called Fusion, can theoretically handle 360 bowls per hour—far more than even a team of humans at full pelt.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
8 May 2026
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The PlayLab staff will host a story time featuring books inspired by bison, along with a coloring craft event and a touch-and-feel experience with bison pelts.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Counterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstroke. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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