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as in knocks
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in
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as in bumps
to come into usually forceful contact with something
when she fell on the ice, she hit hard and badly bruised her elbow
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as in wins
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
the rock band hit "the big time" with their third album
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as in successes
a person or thing that is successful
the new babysitter turned out to be a hit with the kids
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as in blows
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
the quarterback can't take too many more hits like that and escape permanent injury
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Recent Examples of hits
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Albert Pujols hits his 600th home run, the historic blast being a 4th-inning grand slam off Ervin Santana of the Twins in a 7-2 Angels win.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Through the first nine games of the 2025 season, Kansas City Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis had five sacks and 15 quarterback hits, per Pro Football Reference.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
The film hits theaters June 12.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Service hits a whole other level with Diamond Club-level suites, though.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Grief hits people in different ways and no one would be judged.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Unable to score more than three runs in any of their last seven games, the Guardians finally strung hits together in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Chase Herrell followed with 3⅔ scoreless innings while scattering three hits and striking out two.
—Jose De Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
Maddie Rogers had three hits and Alia Rowles drove in three runs.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Otto Lopez had three hits and scored a run for the Marlins.
—Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Glendora sophomore Sebastian Lawrence shined on the mound by pitching a complete game and at the plate with a pair of hits.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 27 May 2026
Grissom had two of those hits, driving in a career-high six runs.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Verb
Carney hits the best notes at the film’s beginning and most notably at its tear-you-up end.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Albert Pujols hits his 600th home run, the historic blast being a 4th-inning grand slam off Ervin Santana of the Twins in a 7-2 Angels win.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Through the first nine games of the 2025 season, Kansas City Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis had five sacks and 15 quarterback hits, per Pro Football Reference.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
The film hits theaters June 12.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Service hits a whole other level with Diamond Club-level suites, though.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Grief hits people in different ways and no one would be judged.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Unable to score more than three runs in any of their last seven games, the Guardians finally strung hits together in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Noun
After first charting in 1975, Bryson had a pair of smash pop hits with theme songs from back-to-back Disney toons.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Chase Herrell followed with 3⅔ scoreless innings while scattering three hits and striking out two.
—Jose De Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
Maddie Rogers had three hits and Alia Rowles drove in three runs.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Otto Lopez had three hits and scored a run for the Marlins.
—Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Glendora sophomore Sebastian Lawrence shined on the mound by pitching a complete game and at the plate with a pair of hits.
—Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 27 May 2026
Grissom had two of those hits, driving in a career-high six runs.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hits
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Enough sunshine on Sunday should push temperatures back into the low 90s before a cooler breeze knocks us back to normal on Monday.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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And that's when a shot blasts through the door and knocks Lena to the ground.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Did join Kylian Mbappe and Ferenc Puskas as one of only three players to score a European Cup knockout-phase brace against Barcelona at Camp Nou, which bumps him up the list a bit.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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The department bumps the call to a higher-priority response (Priority 1) due to the potential for violence.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Whoever wins the primary is expected to prevail in the general, as the state currently leans Democratic in nonpresidential elections.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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Thus, a team that wins the lottery will have its second-round pick slotted 46th, and the team picking 16th will also have pick 31.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Three researchers, two of whom have since gone on to bigger and better successes, Vinay Prasad and Tracey Beth Hoeg, explained in detail how committed the CDC was to promoting masks.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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For Restrepo, having a top-down approach to goalkeeping and set pieces is crucial for City to build upon the successes of this season, particularly with the introduction of full-time academies in England.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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From there, the two schools traded blows until intermission.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
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According to the coroner, there was evidence of nine blows to the victim’s head and neck.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Wilhelm enters the room, removes most of his clothing and gets into bed with her, slaps her, pushes her away and then caresses her face and cradles her.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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That direct relationship is what separates a true farm to table operation from a restaurant that simply slaps the phrase on a marketing page.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Here the proposal collides with how corporate borrowing actually works.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Los Angeles is one place where all this bounty collides.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Their antagonism peaked at the end of Season 3, when Deborah achieves her dream of landing a late-night chair and Ava blackmails her way into the head-writer job.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Ultimately, all this achieves is making Davis feel like the odd-one-out, spending most of her arc running around with her side-piece rather than working with her neighbors.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Hits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hits. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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