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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker punched
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Other perennial favorites like the New Balance 550 Basketball Sneakers are sure to sell out quickly, with prices knocked down to just $47 from the original $110.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025 -
Monk knocked down a 3-pointer, dished to Sabonis for a dunk and threw down a dunk of his own as the Kings came back to cut the deficit to three at the end of the first quarter.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Mussolini’s invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 and subsequent need for military support from Germany pushed Italy into a closer alliance with Hitler that, in turn, led to the imposition of anti-Jewish legislation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Offered only via the David’s Bridal site, the archival White by Vera Wang archival collection is being pushed out to shoppers via the retailer’s social media, site and email newsletters among other avenues.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Investigators found the bodies nearby — Davis and Shelton had been shot, Friedt had been stabbed with a hunting knife whose blade broke off in her chest, and Flemmons died from asphyxiation after suffering blunt-force injuries, per A&E, citing Julie Young’s book The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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The ambassador stabbed Berry during the struggle, the Sheriff’s Office said.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Somewhere beyond the brush, two frightened dogs — caught on video being dumped and abandoned — were still waiting, as if the person who left them might return.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Drone footage showed catastrophic flooding that turned streets into rivers, submerged homes and overturned cars as Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, dumped more than a month’s worth of rain in only 24 hours in some areas.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The new version still sees the ball kicked from the kicking team’s 35-yard line, but every player on the kicking team other than the kicker himself now lines up with at least one foot on the returning team’s 40-yard line.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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But just as my father and his family tried to breathe a sigh of relief and rebuild a fraction of their ruptured lives, Israel kicked them out again in 1967, this time to Egypt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Carmakers like Volkswagen warned of possible production risks, while Honda slashed its annual profit forecast after halting production at several plants.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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The administration also slashed funding for climate science research at agencies like NOAA, NASA, and even USDA.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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Vanity Fair bumped back its internal deadline a week for the November issue, Guiducci’s first, because the pages were not ready in time.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Early the following season, Muzzin unexpectedly bumped into Clayton Keller.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The burger consists of two steakburger patties, American cheese, pickles, onions and ketchup on a bun stamped with the Bitcoin symbol.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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The vials are then inspected using flashes of light, stamped, boxed up and shipped out via a warehouse.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Sucker punched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punched. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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