as in body blow
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Recent Examples of rabbit punch
Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2024
Noun
Before your boss could match dance steps to the music, his opponent was already kicking him in the groin and throwing rabbit punches.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit punch
Noun
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Most of the industry seems to view the measure as a body blow that will hurt tech companies’ ability to hire the best talent.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Ali went forward stiffly, his trunk and hips deeply bruised from Frazier’s body blows.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But regulators knocked down the total penalty to $242,800.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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The footage showed the elephant, which may have weighed 10,000 pounds, knocking down a female tourist into the waters with her trunk, and then briefly pinning her before giving up, the outlet reported.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His late driving finish in the semi-final second leg seemed destined to send them into the final, only for Inter to conjure an even later sucker punch.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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As members of two California gangs poured out of a Las Vegas boxing match in September 1996, Tupac Shakur, the most famous rapper in the country at the time, sucker punched a rival.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lined up to the left of Mahomes outside of JuJu Smith-Schuster and Travis Kelce, Brown streaked across the field uncovered in part because Kelce drew multiple defenders and in part because of a key read of man defense.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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To maximize your chances of seeing the Orionids, first locate Betelgeuse shining to the upper left of the three distinctive stars that form the famous asterism of Orion's Belt.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until combined.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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In a stand mixer, thoroughly cream together the shortening, margarine, 3 cups of the sugar, and the eggs.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One is of Hyland striking an elegant pose in a voluminous purple dress decked in glitter and rhinestones.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The glamorous tourists, all of whom are decked in Burberry, are played by models including Amelia Gray, Liu Wen, Lucky Blue Smith, Mona Tougaard and Tyson Beckford.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker and Miles Morales can run, swing, or wind-glide through New York.—
Ryan Gaur,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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In the clip, Miska is surrounded by blankets, clutching a plush toy, and resting peacefully as the swing rocks gently.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Guerrero clubbed three home runs, including a huge grand slam in game two.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
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After the clubbing scandal, the Finnish media, which had already dubbed her Party Sanna, began ramping up its coverage of Marin’s off-the-clock activities.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Rabbit punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20punch. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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