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Recent Examples of roundhouse
And there’s not a roundhouse kick or a high-octane pistol face-off in sight.
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Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Excavations in South Ayrshire also unearthed ruins of another 2,600-year-old roundhouse and 3,500-year-old pottery, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait.
—T. M. Brown, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Its fight scenes and climactic set pieces are dynamic and well-choreographed, presenting a World’s Greatest Detective that’s more likely to deliver a spinning roundhouse kick than moody introspection.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Excavations in South Ayrshire also unearthed ruins of another 2,600-year-old roundhouse and 3,500-year-old pottery, archaeologists said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait.
—T. M. Brown, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Its fight scenes and climactic set pieces are dynamic and well-choreographed, presenting a World’s Greatest Detective that’s more likely to deliver a spinning roundhouse kick than moody introspection.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roundhouse
Noun
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Only a small percentage of those players could survive Tyson's flurry of instant-knockdown uppercuts and emerge victorious with the undisputed World Video Boxing Association championship.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
9 Feb. 2025
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In Salt Lake, that’s the equivalent of an uppercut to the chin.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Even Hall of Famer Joe Mauer tore a meniscus in his left knee in the second game of his career in 2004.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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On Thursday, Reid referenced former Philadelphia Eagles running back Correll Buckhalter, who missed the 2004 and 2005 seasons after tearing the patellar tendon in his knee.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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Orioles prospect Jud Fabian's strikeout rate has fallen 13 percentage points and his walk rate has doubled as a result of a swing change.—
Jacob Calvin Meyer,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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Such players tend to have holes in their swings that are eventually exploited by opposing pitchers.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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He was also named first-team All-Big-12 as a returner and earned Big-12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Year honors after averaging 17.7 yards per kick return and 15.2 yards per punt return.—
Jelani Scott,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Other images include a high kick toward the camera and a close-up selfie with a green apple.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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The debate among Democrats is emerging as Republicans go on offense on the matter, putting a spotlight on the left’s response.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
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The big picture: Francis pushed the Catholic Church to the left, which satisfied Catholics seeking modernization but dismayed traditionalists.—
Aïda Amer,
Axios,
21 Apr. 2025
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After the one-two punch (or burning, or stabbing) of the siege on Jackson and Joel’s murder, a more sedate, transitional episode lets the characters regain their composure as much as the viewers.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025
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After a supporting role in Anna Karenina (2012), Gleeson became a leading man with the one-two punch of Tim in About Time (2013) and Jon Burroughs in Frank (2014).—
Julia Emmanuele,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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But there are at least hundreds of others, among them the 299 sent to Panama and 200 to Costa Rica, who have been deported without basic due process and denied the right to seek asylum.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The other won two games to advance from play-in purgatory to eke into the playoffs proper and earn the right to experience the hard slap that is a 2-0 hole.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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And naturally, the nightmare of sitting under the bleachers next to Michaels as one of your babies falls flat on its face during the Saturday-night dry run is like a devastating body blow to the ego.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.—
Sal Pizarro,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Roundhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roundhouse. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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