Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppercuts
Noun
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Belt-Stubblefield ignored orders to stop and raised his hands, and Neely punched him in an attempt to de-escalate the situation, according to Chamberlain’s account in the days after the shooting.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026 -
Goldberg's relatable flub came amid a Hot Topics discussion about Punch, an adorable macaque whose story of abandonment and bullying at the hands of other primates inside his Japanese zoo enclosure took the internet by storm across the last week.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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Now, even pop culture buzz doesn’t translate to syndication and international licensing revenue because those rights are frequently bought out upfront by the streaming platform.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
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But Sheldon Taubman, a longtime disability rights attorney, said the plan would impact about 7,250 severely disabled people.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Head to any tennis court to try to get some swings in and one’s sure to see plenty of people playing pickleball, a combination of badminton, ping pong and tennis that sees players swing small paddles on a short court.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
28 Oct. 2025
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Algebra in between scenes… sends shivers down my spine!—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Their accounts gave me shivers of recognition—their experiences echoed my father’s stories.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After ensuring the donor area is properly numbed, the medical team will remove individual hair grafts one by one with tiny punches.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Through punches and pummeling, cheating and cursing, their bond remained (mostly) intact.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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The best in the world kept throwing haymakers at one another, run after run.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The latest haymakers thrown come courtesy of executive interviews in The Financial Times.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Uppercuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppercuts. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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