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Recent Examples of punt
David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
His record-breaking punt return in the 2023 Super Bowl and fourth quarter touchdown helped the Chiefs to that year's Super Bowl victory.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
John Parkinson, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The press conference came as Republican lawmakers scramble to find a solution to internal division over the Trump’s administration’s tax and budget cut proposals after they were forced to punt a key vote this week — and as the Senate inches closer to moving ahead with its alternative plan.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2025
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Noun
These absences contributed to a defense that allowed over 30 points in four of its last six games, and Saturday was no exception, with the Lions forcing just one punt and allowing 481 net yards of offense.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
His record-breaking punt return in the 2023 Super Bowl and fourth quarter touchdown helped the Chiefs to that year's Super Bowl victory.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
Scalise also raised concerns about the Senate’s evolving approach, which could punt tax reform to a second attempt to overhaul the budget late this year.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The press conference came as Republican lawmakers scramble to find a solution to internal division over the Trump’s administration’s tax and budget cut proposals after they were forced to punt a key vote this week — and as the Senate inches closer to moving ahead with its alternative plan.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punt
Noun
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Just for a minute, my husband and I agree, because the weather is beautiful, because my son does look like my father, because the pontoon is big and fancy and the baby has never been on a boat before.—
Julie Buntin,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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On Tuesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told Morning Edition that he's been traveling across the state on a pontoon boat, mourning with the families of recently deceased residents and helping those who were displaced.—
Destinee Adams,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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First, an explanation of the underlying poling data, which Franklin pulled together for this story.—
Craig Gilbert,
Journal Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
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Years of poling clients to victory in his skiff kept his schedule booked nearly every day with anglers wanting to catch one of the Keys’ cherished sportfish — bonefish, permit or tarpon.—
Patrick Farrell,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2024
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Faster Pussycat will still play its gig later this week aboard an ’80s nostalgia cruise after lead singer Taime Downe’s fiancée went overboard three days ago and is now presumed dead.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Mar. 2025
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Eccentric lottery winner Charles reunites his favorite folk duo for a private island gig, but old tensions threaten his dream concert.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ice canoeing is a thrilling winter activity unique to the province, combining canoeing with the challenges of frozen rivers and icy terrain.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Just down the road, guests can go canoeing, visit the Maui Ocean Center, or swim at Black Rock Beach.—
Esther Carlstone,
Parents,
18 Dec. 2024
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As for Dinko — which was named after one of the most important shots in pickleball, the dink — the idea for the complex was the brainchild of Maria Sarmiento, 55, and Alonso, 48.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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The damage: Four runs, all unearned, three dink hits, three walks, two errors and two wild pitches.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Under Trump's flip-flopping raft of tariffs, Washington placed a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy, the major supplier to U.S. states hugging the northern border.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Signs for how Beijing plans to address these challenges will also be closely watched, after a raft of policy adjustments since last summer were seen as falling short.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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Instead, embrace the unknown and unfamiliar—travel between towns and settlements is mostly by boats, planes, helicopters, kayaks, and dog sleds, as there are no roads outside urban areas.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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A week after Hurricane Milton sent a storm surge over Englewood in October, the animal was tangled in a crab trap that had gotten dislodged not far from the boat launch where Ms. Killian kept the kayaks and paddleboards for her business, SUP Englewood.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Mar. 2025
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Domingo Trujillo, captain of the agency's rescue vessel, told broadcaster TVE that rescuers had been aware that a pregnant woman was on the dinghy.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Punt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punt. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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