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as in close-in
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as in physical
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Recent Examples of hand-to-hand
The first weapons devised by man were designed for hand-to-hand combat.
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Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
When the original owner of the bookstore needed to move locations down the road, the town residents showed up in droves, creating a human conveyor belt moving the books hand-to-hand down to the new location.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 3 May 2025
One standout sequence features a slippery hand-to-hand combat scene among wriggling eels.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
The wide shots of Tommy stepping onto the main street of Jackson, burning in the snow, are a riot of gore and desperate hand-to-hand action that neither our focus character nor any but the most dedicated rewatch viewers will fully catch.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
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Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
When the original owner of the bookstore needed to move locations down the road, the town residents showed up in droves, creating a human conveyor belt moving the books hand-to-hand down to the new location.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 3 May 2025
One standout sequence features a slippery hand-to-hand combat scene among wriggling eels.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
The wide shots of Tommy stepping onto the main street of Jackson, burning in the snow, are a riot of gore and desperate hand-to-hand action that neither our focus character nor any but the most dedicated rewatch viewers will fully catch.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-to-hand
Adjective
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Some have compared the relative affordability of Astoria today to that years ago in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which was seen as a close-in refuge from Manhattan’s high costs, until its own skyrocketing prices dimmed that luster.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Add to that the close-in communications, collaboration and the sharing of ideas.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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After the loss of her child, the woman was hospitalized due to her declining mental and physical health.—
Lauren-Kennedy Brown,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2025
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Fuel costs and physical exhaustion—combined with the general chaos that defined the Grateful Dead’s mid-’70s era—ultimately forced the band to abandon the system after less than a year, retiring it following their October 1974 shows at San Francisco’s Winterland.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Make a cash deposit using any of the secure and convenient payment methods.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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Not to mention, the two side pockets are incredibly convenient and can fit a phone.—
Jeaneen Russell,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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Her approach to stress and trauma aligns with a growing body of work in the somatic therapy field, which focuses on how the body stores and processes stress.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Yoga, breathwork and dance are all forms of somatic movement.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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This handy calculator can give you a better idea of a protein target that will meet your individual needs.—
Alisa Hrustic,
SELF,
24 June 2025
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An auto shut-off is a handy feature that keeps the fan running to clear the air after cooking then turns it off to save electricity.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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But all of Caland’s brilliantly hued canvases are also fleshy and funny and female, in ways that speak of bold corporeal pleasure.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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For corporeal creatures such as humans, grappling with a universe that might not be singular, time that moves in many directions, and matter that both does and does not exist is mind-bending, to say the least.—
Andrea Gawrylewski,
Scientific American,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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In 2022, the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 paved the way for alternatives to animal testing, and in December 2023, an NIH advisory committee made similar recommendations to develop non-animal methods.—
Rachel Fobar,
Vox,
14 May 2025
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Rendering is a process that transforms animal by-products, like leftover meat and fats...and yes, chicken feet, into usable materials, such as animal feed, fuel, and other industrial products.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The Marin County District Attorney’s Office filed charges of assault with a deadly weapon, felony child abuse, assault likely to produce great bodily injury and corporal injury on a child.—
Cameron Macdonald,
Mercury News,
17 June 2025
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On August 29, 2024, Chigvintsev was arrested on suspicion of corporal injury to spouse, Garcia filed for divorce in September.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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“Hand-to-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-to-hand. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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