as in body blow
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as in to knock down
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Recent Examples of sucker punch
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
Killing Joel was a sucker punch, but forcing players to take on the identity of his killer?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
Yet Victoria feels sucker punched by Piper’s revelation, as if she’s never met her daughter before.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Floating around London’s Chelsea Flower Show as dusk is about to fall, the air is thick, the herbal scents of salvia and geranium offset by the minty nepeta and the flouncing citrus sucker punch of verbana.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025
This doesn’t sit well with Mia’s very jealous ex-boyfriend Connor (Aramis Knight, oozing villainy as if to the Karate Kid manor born), who gives Li a black eye with a vicious sucker punch.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
Killing Joel was a sucker punch, but forcing players to take on the identity of his killer?
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
Yet Victoria feels sucker punched by Piper’s revelation, as if she’s never met her daughter before.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker punch
Noun
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These actions are a body blow to what remains of the postwar global trading rules.—
Wally Adeyemo,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline in the country.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2025
Verb
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To make the job a little less painful, Amazon knocked down the price of a complete leaf rake set to just $20.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Sep. 2025
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But after being knocked down by the Chiefs, Brady and the Patriots would end up winning the Super Bowl that season.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Footage from the 1966 Italian documentary Africa Addio, of a herd of elephants being felled by both ground hunters and sharpshooters in helicopters, is distressing to watch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fairway bends gently left, bordered by trees and water on the left side, a bunker on the right, and a second water carry into a green guarded by a large bunker on the left.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This new generation of outlets has also begun to shape the political conversation on the left, helping boost insurgent challengers to the Democratic establishment.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Before your boss could match dance steps to the music, his opponent was already kicking him in the groin and throwing rabbit punches.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2024
Verb
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When that doesn’t work, Murtagh decks him.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 Sep. 2025
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For something sweet, Bae's Bakery has a selection of treats, served from a booth decked with disco balls.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Iran has executed a man accused of spying for Israel, Iranian state media reported, after the rights group Amnesty International said the man, Babak Shahbazi, had been sentenced to death in an unfair trial marred by allegations of torture.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The attorney general faced immense backlash from the left and the right over her comments, prompting her to clarify the remarks, which were widely interpreted as calling for unlawful prosecutions, on Tuesday morning.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a medium mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar and honey until well combined.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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Frosting is made with butter or cream and works well for design creation without being as hearty as fondant.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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