as in body blow
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Recent Examples of sucker punch
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The Cowboys were down three members of an already-inept secondary in Denver, and Payton responded with an onslaught of sucker punches that never let up.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
All that changed a few months before the shooting when Jones sucker punched Branton at a bar during an argument over a girlfriend.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
As members of two California gangs poured out of a Las Vegas boxing match in September 1996, Tupac Shakur, the most famous rapper in the country at the time, sucker punched a rival.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Tucker had a different take, saying that Fletcher was trying to sucker punch him.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The Cowboys were down three members of an already-inept secondary in Denver, and Payton responded with an onslaught of sucker punches that never let up.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
All that changed a few months before the shooting when Jones sucker punched Branton at a bar during an argument over a girlfriend.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
As members of two California gangs poured out of a Las Vegas boxing match in September 1996, Tupac Shakur, the most famous rapper in the country at the time, sucker punched a rival.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucker punch
Noun
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The image of Pages making the catch, as Kiké Hernandez absorbs a body blow, is already seared into Dodgers lore.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
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Jaxson Hayes delivered the final body blow, throwing down an Eastbay dunk in transition after stealing the ball from Josh Giddey to put the Lakers up by 14 with just under three minutes remaining.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Evans started the final round 0 for 3, then knocked down 18 of the final 22 shots from beyond the arc.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Both can knock down 3-pointers at a solid clip too.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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That game will feature the return of longtime Rapids Homegrown Sam Vines, a left back who the club waived the day before the season started.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Floorboards were milled from walnut trees felled at a construction site in North Carolina.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Apr. 2026
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With a hollow interior trunk, Stumpy was among 158 trees felled in 2024 as part of a project aimed at shoring up a sea wall near the National Mall.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
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Those riots kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement in America, and beyond.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Privacy law may apply to, say, a stranger who broadcasts a toddler’s febrile seizure to a potential audience of millions, but the same child generally cannot claim a legal right to privacy from his mother or father.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Many colorful creations deck the shelves of Hope & Plum.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Concertgoers wore thigh-high boots, rocked Cardi B’s classic schoolgirl look, and decked themselves out in homemade clothes.—
Jolene Almendarez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Their swing-and-miss percentage was hilariously bad last season, especially for a team with feeble power.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Gray made his first start of the season last Sunday and had a big swing, doubling with the bases loaded, and — with Brooks Lee under the weather — was back in the lineup again Thursday against Kansas City and Friday against Tampa Bay.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Sucker punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucker%20punch. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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