as in body blow
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Recent Examples of rabbit punch
Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2024
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit punch
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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
Verb
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This is expected to knock down tree limbs, blow around unsecured objects and do minor damage to outdoor items.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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Spray them off with the water hose, and consider using a preventive spray of neem or insecticidal soap to knock down any hitchhikers, says Khan.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
Verb
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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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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
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Two young pitchers should be enough to acquire what’s left of Ozuna’s $16 million contract.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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It is reviled on the left for hurting poor people and reviled on the far-right for not going far enough to cut spending.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
Verb
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The new, collective kits will be introduced in the fall and come in blue and cream with gold hardware.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
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There's no flour, no creaming butter, nothing fancy.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
18 June 2025
Verb
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The open cuts on the approaches to the Lincoln Tunnel Expressway and Dyer Ave. will be decked over, creating 3.5 acres of new public green space in place in the current polluting eyesores that divide the area.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
2 June 2025
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Hadid then experimented with different aesthetics over the next few years, including decking herself in sequins from head to toe for her extravagant Michael Kors Collection ensemble in 2019, which came complete with a silver jumpsuit, cape, boots and a headpiece.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
6 May 2025
Noun
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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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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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During a three-game series at Daikin Park, the Houston Astros right fielder clubbed two home runs, totaled four hits and drove in five runs.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Austin Wells homered later in the inning, and the Yankees ultimately won, 20-9, while clubbing a franchise-record nine home runs with a lineup full of torpedo bats.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Rabbit punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20punch. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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