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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
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The tariff hike provoked an immediate outcry in the U.K., with the country's beleaguered steel industry already suffering a number of body blows, including steelworks closures leading to thousands of job losses, and U.S. tariffs of 25% on steel exports to the States.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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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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He was knocked down nine times.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ware’s potential is tantalizing as an athletic 7-footer with a 7-foot-5 wingspan who also has the ability to knock down threes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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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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All that changed a few months before the shooting when Jones sucker punched Branton at a bar during an argument over a girlfriend.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Now History Is Repeating Itself Robeson was always politically active and considerably far to the left.—
Time,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Gittens pounces on a stray pass to combine with Joao Pedro, who dribbles to the left before Igor Jesus brings him down.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 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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Universal will deck the halls this holiday season in Super Nintendo World and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter along with a 65-foot-tall Grinchmas tree and live music in CityWalk.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
15 Oct. 2025
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Art fans should save time for Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens on South Street, Zagar’s immersive indoor-outdoor mosaic space decked with tile, glass, mirrors, and found objects.—
Regan Stephens,
AFAR Media,
14 Oct. 2025
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The ballroom-style dance is believed to have evolved from the jitterbug and the Lindy Hop dances of the famous Big Band years — also called the swing era — that peaked from the early 1930s to late 1940s.—
Alexa Stone
Updated October 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Toronto Blue Jays have reached the World Series for this first time in more than three decades thanks to a heroic swing from George Springer.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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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 25 Oct. 2025.
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