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Recent Examples of one-two
Warroad’s Rodrick Jackson played a one-two with Gavin Andersen before slamming a shot off Hibbing/Chisholm’s goalie Gavin Lamphere.
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Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
Separately, the financial sector is the worst-performing sector in the market on Friday due to the one-two punch of rising oil prices and weak jobs data.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
Charbonnet and Walker had been Seattle’s one-two backfield punch all season until Charbonnet tore his ACL in the divisional round win over the San Francisco 49ers.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Democratic leaders who worry about the two Republicans finishing one-two in the primary also will be pressuring the five at the bottom to drop out, so that the party’s voters can coalesce around the few at the top.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
Separately, the financial sector is the worst-performing sector in the market on Friday due to the one-two punch of rising oil prices and weak jobs data.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
Charbonnet and Walker had been Seattle’s one-two backfield punch all season until Charbonnet tore his ACL in the divisional round win over the San Francisco 49ers.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Democratic leaders who worry about the two Republicans finishing one-two in the primary also will be pressuring the five at the bottom to drop out, so that the party’s voters can coalesce around the few at the top.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-two
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The final blow came in the 70th minute with Sveindís Jónsdóttir’s run down the left flank, setting up Miahara Niehues, making a late run in the middle, for the finish.—
Damian Calhoun,
Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Hot tools are big and bulky, and most hotels provide some sort of blow dryer.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Kings promoted Jim Hiller instead of Sturm two years ago, and calamity ensued.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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There were intervening calamities that Walz, Ellison and Omar had nothing to do with, COVID-19 and the death of George Floyd.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
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Rushing through your plans is a recipe for disaster, so avoid attempting to multitask.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2026
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The disaster led to an extensive decontamination effort to clean up nuclear material dispersed when conventional explosives in the hydrogen bombs detonated after hitting the ground.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Suarez testified that agents found bullet casings on a mattress and on the floor, along with three boxes of ammunition and a flash-bang device, which can temporarily disorient people with a loud blast and bright flash.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Rather than depicting the blast itself, Testament focuses on what lingers.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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And those could raise prices beyond the gas pump for consumers and businesses, creating an inflation double whammy.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
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Heavy snow followed by bitter cold hit Minnesotans with a double whammy of winter.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“One-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-two. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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