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Recent Examples of uppercut
Frazier obliged, surprising Ali with a cross and an uppercut from his supposedly weak right arm.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Paul missed a running uppercut in the corner, then Cena hit a sitout facebuster, again for a two-count.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Plaschke delivers a vicious uppercut to his opponent.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Wilson confirmed the investigation hours after The Republic published a series of videos showing the two officers standing just feet away from Rafael Montoya as a group of security guards surrounded him and another delivered a lethal uppercut to his jaw.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Paul missed a running uppercut in the corner, then Cena hit a sitout facebuster, again for a two-count.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Plaschke delivers a vicious uppercut to his opponent.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Wilson confirmed the investigation hours after The Republic published a series of videos showing the two officers standing just feet away from Rafael Montoya as a group of security guards surrounded him and another delivered a lethal uppercut to his jaw.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppercut
Noun
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Sky backflipped out of Pop Rox and followed up with a roundhouse kick.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Maya Mamushi — one of Sayaka’s Harajuku Stars teammates — put her hands on her hips to film a clip for CNN, and, with blue braids whipping around, unleashed a roundhouse kick inches from our photojournalist’s face.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The results point to a future where things like knee braces, exoskeletons, or even joint replacements could be tailored to an individual’s exact joint motion.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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But, at the start of last season, the 18-year-old suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee and an associated injury to his outer meniscus.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Winter will deliver a one-two punch of snow and dangerously cold temperatures to Southern New England this weekend.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
6 Feb. 2026
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Today, Americans face a punishing one-two combination of high car prices and expensive borrowing rates.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Last year’s blitz of bills, capping off years of gradual legislative efforts to remove regulatory barriers to building dense housing across California, has, in Wicks’ view, teed up this next big swing.—
Ben Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Risk of turning off swing voters?—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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The guys in blue kick toward the yellow poles but the guys in white just kick it back across the field.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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With four direct free-kick goals under his belt in 2025-26, Liverpool haven’t had a more potent dead-ball specialist since Luis Suarez netted five in 2012-13.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The two-lane outdoor path is shared by pedestrians (on the right) and bicyclists (on the left).—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Savannah, with her sister to her right and her brother to her left, read from a sheet of paper.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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What does the law require of people who wish to become citizens of the United States and gain the right to vote?—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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Wiener is also pushing new legislation — called the No Kings Act — that would allow people in California to sue federal agents for violating their rights.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 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
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Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change — and a near-knockout punch from a 2023 marine heat wave — has effectively wiped several species off the map and shrunk the reefs that stretch from the Keys throughout South Florida.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Uppercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppercut. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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