uppercut

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Recent Examples of uppercut Three weeks ago, Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Grover Stewart clobbered Darnold in the helmet with a right uppercut. Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 If a 100% tax was a stiff jab in the effort to keep Chinese EVs off U.S. roads, the Biden administration just dropped a decisive uppercut. Nathan Bomey, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024 Here are the new weapons available in Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 3: Wrecked. Nitro Fists: Nitro fists can perform a punch combo, an uppercut or an aerial punch that dashes you through the air. Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2024 One minute into her quarterfinal match, Ms. McCane split Costa Rican Nicole Vega Moya’s guard with a right uppercut, left cross combo that resulted in the first standing count knockdown. Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for uppercut 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppercut
Noun
  • But in the film world, Adler might be best remembered for her unexpectedly daring roundhouse kick to film criticism’s sacred cow, Pauline Kael.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Archaeologists have learned that two roundhouses were built at the site, one after the other.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
Noun
  • By then, Durant was coming off a serious left knee injury suffered early in the 2022-23 season that forced him to miss his final 20 games in Brooklyn.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Hunt appeared in 16 games before missing the regular season finale with a knee injury.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • So that one-two punch put it on this track to where everyone just immediately saw it as a green-light picture, and that’s not lost on me.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The one-two punch of qualifying for the individual and dual team state finals played a decisive part in his current success, underscored by a 30-5 record after the Catholic League Meet.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • December was the only month same-store sales fell during the quarter, but Black Box attributed the swing to the calendar shift caused by a late Thanksgiving.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
  • In the new study, for example, participants focused on general moves for their kettlebell training routine: deadlifts, shoulder presses, bent-over rows, squats, and swings.
    Lauryn Higgins, Health, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the middle of the chaos, Zayn launched a Helluva Kick aimed at McIntyre, but the Scotsman dodged just in time, and the kick accidentally connected with Rhodes instead.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Manolo Blahnik 5-inch stilettos are usually her go-to kicks for major photo ops.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On the left, many are discouraged that a mass movement and constitutional process that seemed to promise historic changes has all but fizzled out.
    Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
  • On the left, there’s a distrust, even among Americans, of American power wielded abroad that goes back decades via the Iraq war to the Vietnam War.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Much of this represents the culmination of a fight that the conservative right began years ago as part of its culture wars.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Instead, exercise the rest of your rights, as explained below.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • All of which meant that when economists gathered in San Francisco this month for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, there was a sense that their famous confidence — critics would say arrogance — had been, if not shattered, certainly dealt a body blow.
    Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Uppercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppercut. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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