as in body blow
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Recent Examples of sucker punch
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
Killing Joel was a sucker punch, but forcing players to take on the identity of his killer?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
Parents can avoid the sucker punch by understanding and embracing this fact: young adults are compelled to discover and achieve their own unique selves.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Floating around London’s Chelsea Flower Show as dusk is about to fall, the air is thick, the herbal scents of salvia and geranium offset by the minty nepeta and the flouncing citrus sucker punch of verbana.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
Killing Joel was a sucker punch, but forcing players to take on the identity of his killer?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
Parents can avoid the sucker punch by understanding and embracing this fact: young adults are compelled to discover and achieve their own unique selves.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker punch
Noun
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These actions are a body blow to what remains of the postwar global trading rules.—
Wally Adeyemo,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline in the country.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Skateboarders speed down a course usually marked by plastic cones, trying to knock down the fewest cones in the fastest time.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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It’s known as knock down ginger, knock and run, Nicky Nicky nine doors and even a racist name in some places.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The 25-year-old can operate on either side of the defence, but is better known as a left-back.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Instead of trying for a Hail Mary throw into the end zone, Allen found Dalton Kincaid streaking across the field and made a pinpoint throw to the tight end with one second left.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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The chart-topping artist, who doubles as a Pandora brand ambassador, further decked her wrist with stacks from the brand.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Virgin Voyages The adults-only cruise line decks its ships out for Halloween and features special activities on select October sailings.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Coalition for Good Government identifies itself as a nonpartisan group concerned with constitutional liberties and the individual rights of citizens.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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For example, cities can offer long-term leases or development rights near transportation hubs in exchange for upfront investment or ongoing revenue-sharing.—
Regina Clewlow,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Dr Pepper has invested heavily in marketing during college football games and come up with novel flavors like strawberries and cream to entice soda drinkers.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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With rich textures like burgundy abrasivato leather and cream crepe de chine, AW25 strikes a balance between elegance and playfulness.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punch. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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