punching bag

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Recent Examples of punching bag Netflix has been a favourite punching bag for many in the French industry who blame declining box office on the rise of online viewing. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2022 Maybe my knee-jerk reaction just proved a key Harry & Meghan point: The Duchess of Sussex makes for an easy punching bag. Kristen Baldwin and Darren Franich, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022 This 205-pound heavyweight punching bag is a #1 best-seller on Amazon. John Thompson, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022 Social media, often a punching bag here, took more hits this year. Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for punching bag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punching bag
Noun
  • The loser’s path becomes that much more formidable.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Tech companies, which have relied on H-1Bs for years, could be the biggest losers under the new rules.
    Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Despite all this, the A80 Supra was a commercial flop.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Movie-novelization king Alan Dean Foster (who also penned Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the Star Wars follow-up that George Lucas requested in case the movie was a flop) wrote the book for Alien.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The storm also left people trapped in seven vehicles on nearby roads after overflowing creeks caused washouts, deputies said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Because of semaglutide's long washout period, treatment should also be stopped at least two months before a planned pregnancy.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Salah, who travelled several hours a day just to reach training as a youngster, is no quitter.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And the most unattractive thing in the world to me is a quitter.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 July 2025

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“Punching bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punching%20bag. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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