punch

Example Sentences

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Have you been asked to tweak the name of a category or punch it up even more?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And even if the jokes in “Stop! That! Train!” don’t always hit, it’s always admirable to punch above your weight.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Platner may well pull through this in a weakened but still competitive position, while future revelations don’t land with the same punch.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Rai doesn't punch hanging slabs of meat with his bare knuckles while training like the iconic boxing character.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

She went to her computer and wrote some code, walked a set of punch cards to the mainframe in another building, and waited while it slugged through the calculations.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone