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Recent Examples of right-hander
Washington right-hander Cade Cavalli has the smallest gap: $900,000 vs. $825,000.
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CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Dodgers reached agreement on one-year contracts with their remaining arbitration-eligible players, outfielder Alex Call, left-hander Anthony Banda and right-hander Brock Stewart.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
The Rockies have agreed to a one-year, $8 million contract with veteran right-hander Michael Lorenzen, a major league source confirmed Wednesday night.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The right-hander emerged as one of the top strikeout artists of her class with Haddon Heights High School (N.J.) in suburban Philadelphia and her travel squads.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Dodgers reached agreement on one-year contracts with their remaining arbitration-eligible players, outfielder Alex Call, left-hander Anthony Banda and right-hander Brock Stewart.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
The Rockies have agreed to a one-year, $8 million contract with veteran right-hander Michael Lorenzen, a major league source confirmed Wednesday night.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The right-hander emerged as one of the top strikeout artists of her class with Haddon Heights High School (N.J.) in suburban Philadelphia and her travel squads.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-hander
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Sensing the YouTuber was finished, Joshua rocked him with a right uppercut early in the sixth.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
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The third-year lineman’s rush included a right uppercut through Barton’s right armpit.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Once at the hospital, doctors determined his legs would have to be amputated six inches below each knee.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Magic played without Tristan da Silva (back spams) and Jalen Suggs, who missed a fourth straight game with a right knee contusion.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Mahomes threw a red zone interception that went 99 yards the other way for the biggest swing of a Week 5 road defeat to the Jaguars that the Chiefs dominated statistically.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Marcos Falcone, a policy analyst focusing on Latin America at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, says that the swing in the market response is because, essentially, not much has changed.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Honda moves forward, turning to the right.—
Devon Lum,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
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Costco would add one right-in/right-out turn on Idaho 55, another on Hill Road, and a new roundabout on Hill Road, the traffic analysis said.—
Rose Evans
January 8,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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There’s guys coming from the left, the right.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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To the right, flat ground fronted a creek; to the left rose steep woodland.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Biomechanical research clocks the sidewinder topping out at around 2.2 mph on the ground.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Another sidewinder on the deuce side had the same result.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Maya Mamushi — one of Sayaka’s Harajuku Stars teammates — put her hands on her hips to film a clip for CNN, and, with blue braids whipping around, unleashed a roundhouse kick inches from our photojournalist’s face.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
18 Dec. 2025
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Well, the roundhouse kicks are pretty crisp.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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The first late-game body blow came when the Bears faced a third-and-20 from the Packers’ 46-yard line with 3:15 remaining in the fourth quarter, trailing by 10 points.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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Russia’s full-scale war of aggression in Ukraine in February 2022 dealt another body blow to the old order.—
Alexander Stubb,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Dec. 2025
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“Right-hander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right-hander. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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