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Recent Examples of uppercut
Frazier obliged, surprising Ali with a cross and an uppercut from his supposedly weak right arm.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Paul missed a running uppercut in the corner, then Cena hit a sitout facebuster, again for a two-count.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Plaschke delivers a vicious uppercut to his opponent.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Wilson confirmed the investigation hours after The Republic published a series of videos showing the two officers standing just feet away from Rafael Montoya as a group of security guards surrounded him and another delivered a lethal uppercut to his jaw.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Paul missed a running uppercut in the corner, then Cena hit a sitout facebuster, again for a two-count.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Plaschke delivers a vicious uppercut to his opponent.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Wilson confirmed the investigation hours after The Republic published a series of videos showing the two officers standing just feet away from Rafael Montoya as a group of security guards surrounded him and another delivered a lethal uppercut to his jaw.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppercut
Noun
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Sky backflipped out of Pop Rox and followed up with a roundhouse kick.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Maya Mamushi — one of Sayaka’s Harajuku Stars teammates — put her hands on her hips to film a clip for CNN, and, with blue braids whipping around, unleashed a roundhouse kick inches from our photojournalist’s face.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
18 Dec. 2025
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Available in classic, large and travel sizes, plus a knee pillow to help align the spine, and reduce pressure on hips, knees and joints.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The injury report is growing for the Bulls, who played without Simons in addition to Jaden Ivey (out two weeks with knee soreness) and Zach Collins (sidelined for the season).—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Fullerton has one of the most formidable one-two pitching combos in California Baptist commit Katelynn Mathews and Analise Barrios (both also play second base).—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Pairing him with Monangai would be a good one-two punch in the future for the Cowboys in this re-draft.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Drained at the end of a four-game West Coast swing, the Celtics turned in their worst shooting performance of the season in Wednesday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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Reimagining their offense and making it a reality is a central theme of spring training as the Rockies try to rebound from a disastrous 119-loss season, one marred by a swing-and-whiff offense that was the worst in franchise history.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Marco Lopez’s kick proved to be the difference as the Vikings won the shootout 4-3.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Columbus goalkeeper Patrick Schulte made two big saves — one on a header from Ethan Bartlow and another on a free-kick from Shapi Suleymanov — to keep Sporting KC from opening the scoring.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2026
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Musician Shawn Mendes sat shoulder-to-shoulder with soccer scion and model Romeo Beckham; on his left was young Italian racing driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli.—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Rockies’ best defensive outfield would be newcomer Jake McCarthy in left, Brenton Doyle in center, and Jordan Beck in right.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2026
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The number of serious settler attacks including shootings, arson and other violent crimes has increased sharply each year since far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, who spent his law career defending Jews who attacked Palestinians, became national security minister.—
AREF TUFAHA,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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Centrist leaders in the United Kingdom, France and Germany resist spending a larger percentage of their strained budgets defending against a Russian threat that their far-right populist opponents might think can be easily negotiated away.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Jaxson Hayes delivered the final body blow, throwing down an Eastbay dunk in transition after stealing the ball from Josh Giddey to put the Lakers up by 14 with just under three minutes remaining.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change — and a near-knockout punch from a 2023 marine heat wave — has effectively wiped several species off the map and shrunk the reefs that stretch from the Keys throughout South Florida.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Uppercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppercut. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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