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Noun
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Foxx experienced a stroke caused by a brain bleed that left him unable to walk and in the hospital for months.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
23 May 2025 -
Experts recommend using the acronym FAST to identify a stroke and take action.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
23 May 2025
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Hodges and Cruz were waiting in the sandwich line at the deli counter at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Ave.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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LEDs under the bathroom counter or cabinets and over the bathroom vanity can also provide ideal night lighting.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2025
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With their backs against the wall, Saints threw one more counterpunch.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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This series has been about as evenly matched as could be, with the two teams trading punches and counterpunches game to game.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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If approved, the cuts would served a devastating blow to the U.N., which is already struggling as other governments also cut contributions.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Her relationship may have been seen as the ideal outcome of inner work, so its collapse may have felt disappointing, like a blow to their healing process.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Belal Muhammad was involved in a slobber knocker with Jake Della Maddalena at UFC 315, and haymaker after haymaker left the fighter with gruesome cuts across his face.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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And while the jabs systematically pick apart our intellectual defenses, the haymakers of gray goo erupting from MAGA mouthpieces are boring into our heads and leaving us woozy.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Orioles organization has collapsed with a deadening thud.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2025
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The big twist comes a touch too late — leaving the movie no time to deal with the ramifications of key revelations — and lands with an awkward thud.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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The cuff: Place it in the middle of the upper arm; don’t place it over clothing.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2025
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The cuffs and hem have elastic bands to keep your body heat inside and the brand’s signature Snap-T buttons are easy (and satisfying) to button and unbutton.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Vanderbilt’s win adds another pelt in the team’s stretch of dominant home-court performances this season.—
Grant Salsman,
Kansas City Star,
2 Mar. 2025
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Hunted nearly to extinction for their pelts, they were later branded a nuisance for flooding farmland and chewing through timber.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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“Counterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstroke. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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