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Recent Examples of right-hander
Brandon Shannon is a 6-foot-4 right-hander who helped McHenry to the Class 4A title game with a dominant semifinal performance.
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Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Just a day after it was reported that Chicago is extremely interested in Miami Marlins right-hander Edward Cabrera, more rumors are beginning to swirl.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The Padres continue to not push the veteran right-hander.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
But after giving up Newman’s leadoff single in the sixth, the right-hander started a 1-6-3 double play on Rengifo’s grounder and got Nolan Schanuel to pop out to preserve a 1-1 tie.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Just a day after it was reported that Chicago is extremely interested in Miami Marlins right-hander Edward Cabrera, more rumors are beginning to swirl.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
The Padres continue to not push the veteran right-hander.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
But after giving up Newman’s leadoff single in the sixth, the right-hander started a 1-6-3 double play on Rengifo’s grounder and got Nolan Schanuel to pop out to preserve a 1-1 tie.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for right-hander
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André August Date: December 15, 2023 Result: 1st-round KO Details: Paul landed a devastating uppercut to end the fight.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Jey landed a big uppercut early in the match that knocked Gunther on his butt.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Chicago waived him after a knee injury sidelined him in February.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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Milano dropped to one knee and popped the question while on stage at Howard’s 100th homecoming.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
7 July 2025
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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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Biomechanical research clocks the sidewinder topping out at around 2.2 mph on the ground.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Another sidewinder on the deuce side had the same result.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the rights office was not able to attribute responsibility for the killings.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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But advocates for migrants, LGBTQ+ rights activists and others were left shaking their heads and vowing to find other ways to keep fighting on issues that went against them.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 July 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
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The Baltimore Streetcar Museum operates on its former Falls Road headquarters and announced plans to refurbish the line’s roundhouse.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Mar. 2025
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This was like absorbing a roundhouse punch from Mike Tyson during Tyson’s prime.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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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
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“Right-hander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right-hander. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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