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At 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd once pleaded with Chauvin to get off his neck and cried out for his mother, a metal Black Lives Matter fist the height of a streetlamp has been erected in the intersection, which is outlined by a flower garden.
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Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2021
Then, once on the court, players are outlawed from high-fives, relegated instead to fist or elbow bumps.
—Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2021
Players must limit interactions to fist and elbow bumps.
—Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 12 Jan. 2021
The government’s economic stimulus measures have been similarly ham-fisted.
—The Economist, 23 May 2020
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Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2021
Then, once on the court, players are outlawed from high-fives, relegated instead to fist or elbow bumps.
—Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2021
Players must limit interactions to fist and elbow bumps.
—Rod Walker, NOLA.com, 12 Jan. 2021
The government’s economic stimulus measures have been similarly ham-fisted.
—The Economist, 23 May 2020
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“Fist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fist. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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