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roundhouse

[raund-haus] / ˈraʊndˌhaʊs /




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He left the Air Force in 1962 and set up a martial arts studio in Los Angeles, finding his calling in teaching and delivering roundhouse kicks.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

Come the end of the tournament that combination was still clicking, with France trailing by a point deep into the second half against England, Dupont's roundhouse box kick set up Bielle-Biarrey's fourth try.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

They learn to throw straight punches, elbow strikes, knee strikes and roundhouse kicks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

Each roundhouse roof had three layers: insulating straw topped by turf and completed with clay -- making them warm and waterproof but still well ventilated.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

He broke his wrists again just as the ball came in and threw a roundhouse swing that skied the ball and then curved it foul into the third-base trees.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

One of the main roundhouses, with almost fifty square metres of floor space, appeared to have distinct activity zones comparable to rooms in a modern home.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

The inhabitants lived in a clutch of thatched roundhouses built on wooden stilts above a channel of the River Nene, which empties into the North Sea.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

But it remains unclear if the majority of the hundreds of roundhouses were built before, during or after the tower was in use.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2022

They fought with jabs from a kid quarterback, roundhouses from acrobatic receivers and knockdowns by giant linemen. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2017

Paris is not far; we pass the freight-depots, by the roundhouses where the engines roar in red vapor, getting up steam; the train stops; they take up the tickets.

From Sac-Au-Dos 1907 by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans




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