as in body blow
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Recent Examples of sucker punch
Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
On June 15, 2019, Ramirez ran up behind a 26-year-old African American grocery store employee and sucker punched him, breaking the employee’s nose and damaging two of his front teeth.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
Craig responds with a sucker punch that puts Austin on the ground and brings the night to a screeching halt.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Yet Victoria feels sucker punched by Piper’s revelation, as if she’s never met her daughter before.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The Milwaukee County Transit System's $10.9 million deficit landed a sucker punch to county officials in June and resulted in service cuts — but records show the warning signs were there months earlier.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
On June 15, 2019, Ramirez ran up behind a 26-year-old African American grocery store employee and sucker punched him, breaking the employee’s nose and damaging two of his front teeth.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
Craig responds with a sucker punch that puts Austin on the ground and brings the night to a screeching halt.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Yet Victoria feels sucker punched by Piper’s revelation, as if she’s never met her daughter before.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker punch
Noun
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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
Verb
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Crews launched an aggressive attack, knocking down flames that had breached the window before entering the home to continue extinguishment efforts.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Then Jordan Love's desperation heave into the end zone from the Bears 28 was knocked down as time expired to secure Chicago's first playoff win since the 2010 season.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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After hitting the three free throws, TCU threw an inbounds pass out of bounds with one second left.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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The layout features a full page for notes on the left and, to the right, two days per page with horizontal space for tasks.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For about a month, nobody had any idea who had felled the tree, and nobody could work out why it had been done.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The greatest damage appeared concentrated in the North Bay, where gusty winds felled numerous trees.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 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
Noun
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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
Verb
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Conceptualized by Tobie Hatfield, senior director of athlete innovation at Nike, Kohlhausen’s custom Air Jordan 1 Low Golf shoes were created in partnership with Miles Custom Studio, who decked the shoes out with logos and symbolism referencing the athlete’s recovery.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
31 Dec. 2025
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Travis Kelce is decking the halls of Arrowhead Stadium.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025
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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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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punch. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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