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Recent Examples of one-two
Mesidor has formed a formidable one-two punch on the Hurricanes’ defensive line with Rueben Bain Jr.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
The one-two punch of Waymond Jordan and Eli Sanders wasn’t available on Saturday night.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Federal funding cuts leave low-income families struggling for childcare
The one-two punch of state funding cuts and the end of pandemic-era relief programs have faced some Tennessee parents with difficult decisions in how to afford care for their children.
—Amber Roberson, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
In a one-two move, the materials science company turns agricultural residue into natural textile fiber, addressing the dual problem of both agri-waste and textile materials pollution.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
The one-two punch of Waymond Jordan and Eli Sanders wasn’t available on Saturday night.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Federal funding cuts leave low-income families struggling for childcare
The one-two punch of state funding cuts and the end of pandemic-era relief programs have faced some Tennessee parents with difficult decisions in how to afford care for their children.
—Amber Roberson, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
In a one-two move, the materials science company turns agricultural residue into natural textile fiber, addressing the dual problem of both agri-waste and textile materials pollution.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-two
Noun
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The first accounts of cheating and payoffs during exam week surfaced—a blow to the belief in fairness on which the whole system of guilds depended.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Google had hoped to void those changes with an appeal, but the ruling issued in July by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a legal blow for the tech giant, which has been waylaid in three separate antitrust trials affecting different pillars of its internet empire.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Back in the mid-2000s, adjustable-rate loans contributed to a financial calamity.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Whereas much of the original play unfolds as a steady stream of callers to the Tesmans’ estate, DaCosta cleverly restages these various interpersonal calamities against the backdrop of a lavish party.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The journalists who rushed to the scene managed to jot down the names of about a dozen—the VIPs (there were three members of parliament on the train that day, which was a factor in the disaster) and a couple of servants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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As a train barrels toward her near the final moments of the video, Perry spots a daisy on the tracks — seemingly a nod to her daughter — and dodges disaster.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Cheney shot a 78-year-old hunting companion Harry Whittington in the torso, neck, and face with an errant shotgun blast.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The blast is courtesy of our old wintertime foe the polar vortex, Maue said, while the source of the cold is all the way from Greenland and the Canadian Arctic.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The reading brought a sigh of relief, easing concerns that the economy was facing a double whammy of a softening labor market with reaccelerating inflation.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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And farmers are suffering a double whammy because the costs of the inputs needed to grow those soybeans — fertilizer, seeds, potash, equipment — are rising, also because of tariffs.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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