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Recent Examples of hit
Verb
Down 8-7 in a deciding tiebreak having been match point down in normal time, Keys hit an ace and an unreturned serve before claiming her own match point with a final big swing that Swiatek couldn’t return onto the court. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025 Since the Arenado trade, McMahon has locked down the hot corner for the Rockies while hitting .243 in his career. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
Meanwhile, Reynolds and Jackman are still seeing the success of their 2024 hit, Deadpool & Wolverine. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025 Fuel your body with real food, not free snacks and quick sugar hits. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hit 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit
Verb
  • And in this case, Homeland Security is knocking on states’ doors.
    Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
  • But Keys was able to knock the tennis titan off balance with a stunning opening match, eventually winning the whole tournament in the final set, which was tied till the very end.
    Mansee Khurana, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Stecher has been bumped to the No. 7 slot since Klingberg’s addition.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
  • On the first go, the camera bumped something, and Amer needed to adjust while staying in the emotion of the moment, but the team was able to adjust and pick up the remainder of the shot.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • When that trick can be achieved is one of the many questions hanging over Wolves’ midfield in the hours, days, weeks and months ahead.
    Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Kane Brown achieves his fifth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200, as The High Road rides in at No. 7 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Its success will be determined by whether Agbadou can build on his impressive start and whether fellow defender Nasser Djiga, signed from Crvena zvezda for £10m ($12.4m), and midfielder Marshall Munetsi, signed from Reims for £15m, can replicate it.
    Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • His signing is the latest development for a team that has built a reputation for excellence and a long history of successes within the NHRA circuit.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • An Idaho Supreme Court ruling against the construction of a new location for Boise’s Interfaith Sanctuary came as a blow, said Executive Director Jodi Peterson-Stigers.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The terminations would be a major blow to the historic independence of the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency and would reflect Trump’s determination to bend the law enforcement and intelligence community to his will.
    Gqlshare, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Newsom greeted Trump with a handshake, and the president slapped him on the back.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
  • One such surprise could be Trump declining to follow through on his plans to slap Canadian and Mexican imports with tariffs, which would affect most automakers.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In February, 1996, two New Jersey Transit trains collided near Secaucus, killing three and seriously injuring sixty-nine.
    Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
  • One woman is dead and a child has been hospitalized after a vehicle collided with a curb and a tree in Sacramento’s Natomas area Friday evening.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Biden’s aides also deserve credit for working closely with Trump’s team to win a cease-fire in Gaza during the administration’s waning days.
    Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Another ticket sold in Texas matched four numbers drawn plus the Powerball to win $150,000 with the Power Play multiplier.
    Don Sweeney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025

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“Hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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