roundhouse

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Recent Examples of roundhouse And there’s not a roundhouse kick or a high-octane pistol face-off in sight. Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025 Excavations in South Ayrshire also unearthed ruins of another 2,600-year-old roundhouse and 3,500-year-old pottery, archaeologists said. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025 Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait. T. M. Brown, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Its fight scenes and climactic set pieces are dynamic and well-choreographed, presenting a World’s Greatest Detective that’s more likely to deliver a spinning roundhouse kick than moody introspection. Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for roundhouse
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Noun
  • Another thing Eubank needs to avoid is getting reckless with his uppercuts, stepping in from distance without setting up his power punches.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Only a small percentage of those players could survive Tyson's flurry of instant-knockdown uppercuts and emerge victorious with the undisputed World Video Boxing Association championship.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Slater retroactively went on the IL on April 11 and underwent surgery on April 15 to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • The Panthers held a 2-1 edge in the regular-season series between the two, but Carolina starter Frederik Andersen was on the sidelines with a knee injury for all three of those games.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Wallen’s voice has an easy lilt that reminds me of someone distractedly practicing their golf swing in the sporting-goods aisle of a big box store.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
  • Just looking at swing length alone, Harris II, Contreras, Ramos, Langeliers, Soto and Naylor have all shortened their swings by more than 2 inches, and Vientos and Lindor have shortened them by at least an inch.
    Eno Sarris, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Try a rich and creamy chocolate-avocado pudding, enjoy a refreshing snack of watermelon with Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of fresh mint, or whip up some sweet and spicy candied sweet potatoes for something savory with a kick.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 20 May 2025
  • Stewart, a right-hander with the same height and similar frame as Sunday’s Yankee starter Max Fried, used a short leg kick and delivered to catcher J.C. Escarra.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • On the left, the deduction widely is seen as benefiting only wealthy taxpayers, even though many of the Cook County homeowners whose property tax bills alone are in excess of the current $10,000 deductibility cap hardly are rich folks.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • But people on the left might favor technologies that would mitigate climate change over weapons and rockets.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Carson Hansen/Abu Sama, Iowa State Breakdown: The Cyclones should have one of the best one-two punches in the conference at running back with the return of Hansen and Sama.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2025
  • El Camino Real has been considered the best team in the City because of its one-two pitching duo.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • For the second consecutive year, the Stars will play the Oilers for the right to go to the Stanley Cup Final.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2025
  • The country, only 75 years old, was bitterly torn apart by competing views on whether the practice of slavery was a legal right or a mortal sin.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Remember the body blow of injustice, and don’t get mad — get hungry.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
  • Australia hasn’t been subject to the body blows that Mr. Trump has delivered to other longstanding U.S. allies, and that have become a factor in at least one recent election — like threatening Canada’s sovereignty and calling into doubt the future of military alliances with Europe.
    Victoria Kim, New York Times, 4 May 2025

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“Roundhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundhouse. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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