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Recent Examples of hand-to-hand
Playing the main villain who causes the mayhem in the Daniel Dae Kim-starring series suits the actor just fine for now — in hopes that a season two could see her character, Juno, really letting hand-to-hand combat and bullets fly following that cliffhanger season one finale.
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Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Local higher-ed institutions are engaging in hand-to-hand combat to keep out fraudsters who are weaponizing AI to swarm their systems.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Inside a nearby training center that will soon be doubled by 40,000 square feet, recruits learn hand-to-hand combat and can access state-of-the-art gym equipment across multiple large rooms.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Combat is a big focus, with a host of available weapons – ranging from a simple sword to a machine gun-like magical parasol – and a wide variety of hand-to-hand mystical martial arts.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Local higher-ed institutions are engaging in hand-to-hand combat to keep out fraudsters who are weaponizing AI to swarm their systems.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Inside a nearby training center that will soon be doubled by 40,000 square feet, recruits learn hand-to-hand combat and can access state-of-the-art gym equipment across multiple large rooms.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Combat is a big focus, with a host of available weapons – ranging from a simple sword to a machine gun-like magical parasol – and a wide variety of hand-to-hand mystical martial arts.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-to-hand
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At a handful of locations, these spikes extended out to nearly a meter, looking more like lances than anything needed to ward off a close-in attack.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Multiple Republicans confirmed there is no concrete proposal working its way around Capitol Hill, beyond Trump’s initial comments floating billions of dollars in spending on close-in areas from the White House and the Capitol.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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In the cold and austere German winter (a far cry from Dakar’s physical and cultural warmth), an anxious Nourou acts up outside a hotel and is accosted by a Polish security guard, setting off a minor chain reaction in which Maja intervenes on his behalf, much to his chagrin.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Cottrell is facing one count of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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But if a family finds themselves in a situation where their current residence is far from their school of origin, liaisons will work with other districts to continue their education in a school that’s more convenient.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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When not in use, the blanket folds directly into the pillow and can be attached to your suitcase handle with a convenient clip, and with this in tow, you’re guaranteed to be the envy of your seatmates.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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Both are very valuable, but my mind often overrides intuition or the nature of what my body knows, its somatic intelligence.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
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Experiment with one small goal for this time to bolster mental and somatic wellbeing.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
26 Aug. 2025
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Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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This combination of liberal arts and engineering disciplines provided her with both analytical thinking skills and technical expertise, which would prove handy in her later roles in Silicon Valley.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Voldemort only appears in Rowling's novel as a grotesque face growing out of another character's head in that first book, and doesn't receive a full-bodied corporeal form until the climax of the fourth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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They are not meant to represent a particular person or gender, but a universal corporeal state.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
27 Aug. 2025
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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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In addition to murder, prosecutors said a jury also found Lopez guilty of assault on a child under 8 causing death and four counts of corporal injury to a child.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Shagan and his corporal Saskia (Sophie Robertson) have broken into the safe house and are holding her family hostage.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Hand-to-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-to-hand. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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