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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The image of Pages making the catch, as Kiké Hernandez absorbs a body blow, is already seared into Dodgers lore.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
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Jaxson Hayes delivered the final body blow, throwing down an Eastbay dunk in transition after stealing the ball from Josh Giddey to put the Lakers up by 14 with just under three minutes remaining.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Evans started the final round 0 for 3, then knocked down 18 of the final 22 shots from beyond the arc.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Both can knock down 3-pointers at a solid clip too.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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To control them and tool them apply a growth regulator called sucker punch to the suckers.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026
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Like a boxer playing rope-a-dope, the away side absorbed much of what Arsenal had to throw at them in the first half and were unlucky not to have provided their own sucker punch after Dwight McNeil had two excellent chances in quick succession.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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That game will feature the return of longtime Rapids Homegrown Sam Vines, a left back who the club waived the day before the season started.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Among our favorite combinations are black with white, beige with black, and cream with brown.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Ticket Boston creamed The Stars took it to the Bruins the last time these two teams met with a 6-2 romp in Dallas, in a game that, funnily enough, ended a losing skid for the Stars.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Their swing-and-miss percentage was hilariously bad last season, especially for a team with feeble power.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Gray made his first start of the season last Sunday and had a big swing, doubling with the bases loaded, and — with Brooks Lee under the weather — was back in the lineup again Thursday against Kansas City and Friday against Tampa Bay.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Many colorful creations deck the shelves of Hope & Plum.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The last major decking project like this, Hudson Yards, left a sour taste in the mouth of many New Yorkers.—
Ben Guttmann,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The farmworkers' rights movement has always been powered by courage, by people willing to endure, to speak out, to demand dignity in the face of injustice.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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That ruling led Williams to testify in his own defense, waiving his Fifth Amendment right and opening the door to introduce Franois’s statements in court.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Rabbit punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20punch. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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