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Recent Examples of right-hander
The right-hander allowed two runs (zero earned) on three hits with five strikeouts and four walks in four-plus innings.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Houck’s rehab assignment was due to expire last week, but rather than activate or option the right-hander, the Red Sox returned him to the injured list.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
The right-hander appeared in one game, allowing two runs in two innings in Wednesday’s 10-2 win over the Colorado Rockies, and will now go back down to accommodate the returning Dobbins, who is scheduled to start Friday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
The Aztecs also signed right-handers Carson Johnson and Bryce McKnight, both of whom pitched in relief under Vance at Arizona.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Houck’s rehab assignment was due to expire last week, but rather than activate or option the right-hander, the Red Sox returned him to the injured list.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
The right-hander appeared in one game, allowing two runs in two innings in Wednesday’s 10-2 win over the Colorado Rockies, and will now go back down to accommodate the returning Dobbins, who is scheduled to start Friday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
The Aztecs also signed right-handers Carson Johnson and Bryce McKnight, both of whom pitched in relief under Vance at Arizona.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-hander
Noun
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No boardroom metaphor hits quite like an actual uppercut.—
Anastasia Paruntseva,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Plaschke delivers a vicious uppercut to his opponent.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
Noun
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After missing more than a season due to a knee injury, Mauricio’s development is still nowhere near complete.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Moton dealt with knee and triceps injuries last season, and he’s set to turn 31 in August.—
Mike Kaye
July 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 July 2025
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Willits, from Fort Cobb-Broxton High School, is a switch-hitter who is expected to develop a power swing.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Teach children to recognize coyotes and to go inside the house (do not run) or climb up on a swing or deck and yell if they are approached.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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Biomechanical research clocks the sidewinder topping out at around 2.2 mph on the ground.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Another sidewinder on the deuce side had the same result.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Grassroots group Apache Stronghold filed a lawsuit in January 2021 in federal court to stop the land swap, citing religious rights guarantees under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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Outside the Al McGuire Center, about 50 people protested Ah Yun's inauguration over Marquette's refusal to recognize a faculty union despite the Catholic church's longtime stance of supporting workers' right to unionize.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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Critics on the left have been questioning the value of the institution for much longer, albeit from a different angle and with less venom than Tate.—
Brad Wilcox,
The Atlantic,
29 July 2025
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However, the Frenchman showed glimmers of attacking prowess when operating on the left towards the end of last season, something Amorim may wish to nurture in this upcoming campaign as a way of helping Cunha and others.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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The Baltimore Streetcar Museum operates on its former Falls Road headquarters and announced plans to refurbish the line’s roundhouse.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Mar. 2025
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This was like absorbing a roundhouse punch from Mike Tyson during Tyson’s prime.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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The leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed, Iranian state television reported, in a major body blow to Tehran’s governing theocracy and an immediate escalation of the nations’ long-simmering conflict.—
Jon Gambrell,
Christian Science Monitor,
13 June 2025
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For such a perfectionist, that must have been a body blow.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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“Right-hander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right-hander. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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