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Recent Examples of one-two
Fantasy romance trilogy The Magic of the Lost barrels to its epic conclusion, following The Faithless’ one-two punch of the Withering plague returning to Balladaire and queen Luca asking soldier Touraine to be her general and her wife.
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Natalie Zutter
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The one-two punch of the pandemic and the Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strikes gave a lot of celebrities a lot of free time in which to launch businesses.
—Natalie Jarvey, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The most notable change for the Bears was the acquisition of Head Coach Ben Johnson, who created one of the best one-two punches from the backfield in Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Better pipes = fewer fatbergs For the second part of their one-two punch, engineers from the same research center developed a new coating for the interior walls of sewer pipes.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
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Natalie Zutter
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The one-two punch of the pandemic and the Hollywood actors’ and writers’ strikes gave a lot of celebrities a lot of free time in which to launch businesses.
—Natalie Jarvey, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The most notable change for the Bears was the acquisition of Head Coach Ben Johnson, who created one of the best one-two punches from the backfield in Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Better pipes = fewer fatbergs For the second part of their one-two punch, engineers from the same research center developed a new coating for the interior walls of sewer pipes.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-two
Noun
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The 1987 stock market crash was a further blow to the small company and an additional strain on its finances.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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And the latest in the long line of big-name boxers to come to blows will be Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford who fight against one another on Saturday.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Going to the theatre in that period was hardly an entertainment for the fainthearted, and calamity was not confined to the stage.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Levine Cava bristled, saying the only money left to fund the choppers would be the county’s emergency fund — dollars reserved for hurricanes or other calamities.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That’s the double whammy at play here.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Since trees absorb carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas, cutting them to then raise cattle is a double whammy.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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That question frames an episode that opens not with battle, but with the kind of stillness that comes before disaster.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Several blasts were heard in Doha, witnesses said.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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“One-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-two. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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