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Recent Examples of one-two
Impressive one-two pitching duo in Allen Olmos and freshman Carlos Acuna.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
And thus, with 4.1 seconds left in the first half and the Nuggets up 54-47 on Utah, Jokic took an inbound and one-two Euro-stepped his way around Jazz guard Collin Sexton.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
Right-back Nahuel Molina finds Alexis Mac Allister, who plays a one-two with Fernandez.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Beginning speakers, as most refugees are, can spend as much as a year completely silent — scared and uncomfortable with the one-two punch of English language and American customs.
—Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
And thus, with 4.1 seconds left in the first half and the Nuggets up 54-47 on Utah, Jokic took an inbound and one-two Euro-stepped his way around Jazz guard Collin Sexton.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
Right-back Nahuel Molina finds Alexis Mac Allister, who plays a one-two with Fernandez.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Beginning speakers, as most refugees are, can spend as much as a year completely silent — scared and uncomfortable with the one-two punch of English language and American customs.
—Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-two
Noun
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His ruling, stopping the TPS revocation while the lawsuit plays out in his court, was a blow to the Trump administration.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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Image Other economists also said the blow to the labor market, which had cooled before Mr. Trump embarked on his global trade war, could be severe.—
Tony Romm,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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And Tim’s ongoing legal calamity eventually collides with Gaitok’s attempt to prove himself in the aftermath of the robbery.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Although appetites for visions of collision and calamity remained healthy beyond, the prospect of cometary catastrophe became derided in the annals of serious science.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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The new tariffs are a double whammy because coffee makers were already dealing with higher wholesale prices for arabica beans — the most popular type — because of extreme weather that has impacted the world's top producers.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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Recent survey data has shown weakening consumer sentiment along with increasing one-year inflation expectations — which makes for a double whammy when thinking about the economy.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
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Last month, the EU Commission urged its 450 million citizens to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours in the event of emergencies like cyberattacks, climate disasters, disease and also geopolitical conflicts.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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The disaster led to passage of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act, which in turn added the miners' surveillance program under the respiratory health division at NIOSH.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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That three-run blast headlined a 10-run surge by the Marlins.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
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The system is impossible to jam with blasts of radio waves, a common counter-measure in the field.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
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“One-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-two. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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