as in punches
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
he gave the ball a good larrup with his club, and it easily cleared the ditch
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In the lightweight division, Salahdine Parnasse (23-2) defeated Kenneth Cross (17-5) in the first round after landing a flurry of punches and dominating him early.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026 -
There were more hugs after the fight between the two than punches landed, and, in total, far more time clocked during those hugs than the fight itself.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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The system, called WhaleSpotter, scans the bay around the clock for whale blows and heat signatures up to 2 nautical miles away, alerting mariners to slow down or reroute when whales are nearby.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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While the killing dealt one of the biggest blows to ISIS’s global network in years, disrupting operations in northeastern Nigeria, the terror group's top leader, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, remains at large as Africa becomes the movement's global epicenter.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Padilla estimated that the tree was at least 100 feet tall and weighed more than 2,000 pounds.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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The company’s earlier Flex 1 model already demonstrated strong hardware performance with 25 degrees of freedom, a 380-gram weight, 66 pounds (30 kilograms) load capacity, and 20-newton fingertip force.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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Rapp, up on Taft Point, heard two thuds.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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In Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, neighbors can still hear the thumps.—
Tyler Jett,
Des Moines Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Take a clean, dry microfiber cloth and wipe down the shower tiles, working in long swipes.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
18 May 2026
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The ad was filled with references blending the show and his campaign, including swipes at incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
18 May 2026
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Higgo, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, was penalized two strokes for being late to his opening round tee time at Aronimink Golf Club on Thursday morning.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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That’s what makes strokes, which cut off blood and oxygen supply to parts of the brain, so devastating.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 2026
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The company’s previous productions – The Undertaker and The Undertaker 2 – were big hits in Thailand, with the rest of the country curious about the customs of the region, so the studio wanted to expand this concept to international audiences with Possessed.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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Feehan opened the game with two runs in the top of the first off Xaverian started Colin Mont (6 1/3 innings, eight hits, four runs, two walks, seven strikeouts), who did a superb job of keeping the Hawks within reach.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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“Larrups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larrups. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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