Thesaurus results for RIGHT-HANDER

right-hander

noun

Definition of right-hander

as in uppercut

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Recent Examples of right-hander Yet the Braves inexplicably moved the right-hander to the bullpen before the postseason and never afforded him a start in the playoffs. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The next inning, the Brewers added an insurance run with back-to-back singles against right-hander Roki Sasaki and a wild pitch from left-hander Justin Wrobleski. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The 33-year-old right-hander was excluded from the team’s postseason rosters. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026 The right-hander needed 18 pitches to get three outs after throwing 98 pitches on Monday. — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for right-hander

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Noun

If last year’s bill delays were a blow to budgets, distribution troubles were the uppercut.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Throwing the uppercut is less important than being able to absorb one.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of uppercut

Noun

Sai de Silva’s knee commits seppuku during Tipsy Tennis (patent pending).

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
So, Ohtani kept trying to work his way back to the mound for weeks after receiving a lubricating Orthovisc injection in his knee at the beginning of the All-Star break.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of knee

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Days ago, the chief content officer at the streaming giant was in Cannes receiving an honor while the MIPCOM marketplace was in full swing, before turning to unveil a major World Cup media rights deal a day later.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Those pieces are tiny and brittle, with the consistency of cigar ash, and every swing past the sun leaves more behind.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Ellison fils’s most high-profile hiring decision was to enlist Bari Weiss—the former Times Opinion editor and founder of the center-right publication The Free Press—as editor-in-chief of CBS News.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of right

Noun

On the left, billionaires are regularly invoked as oligarchic overlords whose wealth and influence have helped erode the foundations of democracy.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Sofia Wylie’s Grace stands in the middle of the trio, the girl to her right cheering normally and the girl to her left, Lisbeth (Geena Meszaros) roaring animalistically.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of left

Noun

This saw typically requires more maintenance than a sidewinder saw to keep it in good condition.

— Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
The sidewinder, or the side volley as some like to call it, is the modern way for a goalkeeper to distribute a ball out of the hands.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of sidewinder

Noun

The pair exchange blows, and LaPenna holds his own for a while before a powerful roundhouse kick sends him across the ring.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026
The man was well known for his tough guy persona and adept skill at roundhouse kicks to the face.

— Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of roundhouse

Noun

The deaths from the World Trade Center marked a huge body blow to Rockville Centre, which suffered more losses than many other communities in the tri-state area.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026
Shelton on the front foot, chasing Alcaraz around the court with body blow serves and driving strokes into the corners, getting the early break again.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of body blow

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