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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
Sunday, though, will bring sheer hand-to-hand, Elliss-on-Elliss combat.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026
The film harks back to Hong Kong action cinema’s golden age, spotlighting authentic martial arts and hand-to-hand combat performed by an international roster of elite fighters.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The training includes obstacle courses, hand-to-hand combat, and firearms training.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s a bit of bloody, hand-to-hand battle and some killing, though thankfully not of our boys.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026
The film harks back to Hong Kong action cinema’s golden age, spotlighting authentic martial arts and hand-to-hand combat performed by an international roster of elite fighters.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
The training includes obstacle courses, hand-to-hand combat, and firearms training.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s a bit of bloody, hand-to-hand battle and some killing, though thankfully not of our boys.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hand-to-hand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-to-hand
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JSerra sophomore forward Ryan Doane in that quarter made all six of his close-in shots for 12 points, some off of his offensive rebounds, and Bailes made three of the Lions’ five 3-point baskets second-quarter baskets.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
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The sample is still shaped by the limits of current instruments, which favor large planets in close-in orbits, but that bias may soon ease.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Jan. 2026
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LaMelo Ball bodying up Noticing a more physical nature from LaMelo Ball this season?—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
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Understanding the faces of early human ancestors is of interest to researchers because their features represent a connection between hominins and their physical and social surroundings, Beaudet said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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The plug-ins are convenient but do not replace cPanel's core functionality.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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They’re also equipped with the brand’s Feel Good Flex outsole, which is ultra-lightweight and bends easily for convenient packing.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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That’s because somatic shaking could in some instances trigger flashbacks, intensify panic, or overwhelm someone’s capacity to self-regulate, Erez says.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Nietzsche’s writing is short on somatic details of what his headaches actually felt like.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Keep the dressing recipe handy to accompany other salads.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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Like so many of his amigos, Carlos Arody Cuevas De La Cruz is handy with a knife, at least according to his rap sheet.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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No corporeal zone was off-limits either, as previously undiscussed body parts were platformed in new ways.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
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The massive and systematic erasure of the subject’s corporeal or cranial profiles under the promises of collectivized universal freedom has suddenly acquired the features of the fascist unifier, if not yet worn with the pride of a helmet, then at least with that of an armband or a brassard.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
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When Hamnet dies, Agnes lets out a sound of pure grief and rage and horror that is almost animal.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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And much like the fictional sport’s real-world counterpart, in this all-animal cinematic universe, roarball is the ultimate culture-definer.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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However, the dancer's arrest on a charge of corporal injury to a spouse ultimately led Bella to file for divorce in September 2024.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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The band’s fevered rave-ups and corporal rhythms teeter just on the edge of collapse and take half a century of New York noise with them.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Hand-to-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-to-hand. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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