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Recent Examples of one-two
For a band that remains anonymous and only recently entered the mainstream, this kind of one-two punch is particularly noteworthy.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region, few can remember a hurricane season as disruptive as last year’s, when Hurricanes Helene and Milton delivered a one-two punch just 13 days apart.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Earth's magnetic field is about to get a one-two punch from the sun — and the result could be an impressive show of northern lights stretching into mid-latitudes.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Dante Venuto and Will van der Voorn were an exceptional one-two punch for the Warriors, controlling the faceoff battle all game.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
But in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region, few can remember a hurricane season as disruptive as last year’s, when Hurricanes Helene and Milton delivered a one-two punch just 13 days apart.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Earth's magnetic field is about to get a one-two punch from the sun — and the result could be an impressive show of northern lights stretching into mid-latitudes.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Dante Venuto and Will van der Voorn were an exceptional one-two punch for the Warriors, controlling the faceoff battle all game.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-two
Noun
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With a blow of his whistle, all sorts of words applied: pandemonium, euphoria, mania.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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What’s 42 to 43? Into a black place of great blows from the little mountains from the sea came.—
John Berryman,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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How to sear into a reader’s brain the profound calamity of a dozen savage killings?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump spoke before the worldwide stock market calamity finally got to him.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Use the Right Size Rugs Rugs instantly warm and ground a space, but getting them right is a double whammy.—
Berit Thorkelson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
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Tariffs and tax cuts are a double whammy for lower earners The benefits of the 2017 Trump tax cuts were skewed toward higher earners, nearly all analyses of the legislation show.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The march happened after more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The blast occurred as Iran began a third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman, although the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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The nuclear fallout from the blast was around a hundred times more lethal than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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