as in body blow
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Recent Examples of sucker punch
Sean Emery, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
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
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
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
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
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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Most of the industry seems to view the measure as a body blow that will hurt tech companies’ ability to hire the best talent.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Ali went forward stiffly, his trunk and hips deeply bruised from Frazier’s body blows.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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He was knocked down nine times.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ware’s potential is tantalizing as an athletic 7-footer with a 7-foot-5 wingspan who also has the ability to knock down threes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The trees had already been felled and piled by the landowner; the log piles were initially slated to be burned to reduce the fire hazard.—
Syris Valentine,
Scientific American,
16 Oct. 2025
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Grainier‘s an itinerant lumber man who worked the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, felling timber and building railroads.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Now History Is Repeating Itself Robeson was always politically active and considerably far to the left.—
Time,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Gittens pounces on a stray pass to combine with Joao Pedro, who dribbles to the left before Igor Jesus brings him down.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 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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Universal will deck the halls this holiday season in Super Nintendo World and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter along with a 65-foot-tall Grinchmas tree and live music in CityWalk.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
15 Oct. 2025
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Art fans should save time for Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens on South Street, Zagar’s immersive indoor-outdoor mosaic space decked with tile, glass, mirrors, and found objects.—
Regan Stephens,
AFAR Media,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the appeals court mandate would mean first-time DACA applicants in Texas would not have the right to work, and existing DACA recipients who are working could lose their ability to do so.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
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However, the rights that these certificates grant are not equal to the rights afforded to straight couples.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until combined.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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In a stand mixer, thoroughly cream together the shortening, margarine, 3 cups of the sugar, and the eggs.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punch. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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