punt

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Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern break down the Broadview Six dismissal and the Supreme Court’s surprising punt in a major death penalty case.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

But Stuart Coltherd told Radio Scotland's Mornings with Stephen Jardine he regretted not taking a punt on the horse or her stablemate, Changemyluck, which was also running.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Retired punter Greg Coleman wrote on X that “one of the happiest moments of my time with the Vikings” was learning that Browner was going to be added to the punt team.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Hazel hoped that they might somehow drop out of the current and reach that side, but the punt moved quietly on, down the very center of the broad pool.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams