Example Sentences

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The Panthers are no pushovers at home, but the 49ers are getting bodies back and Brock Purdy is settling in again.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

I don't think West Brom will be pushovers, but they are still managerless at the moment and Bournemouth should be too strong for them at home.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Celtic won and deserved to - character as much as class sealed it - but Aberdeen were no pushovers.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

The Rams play at New England on Sunday — the Patriots aren’t pushovers — then play home against Philadelphia, at New Orleans, and back home against Buffalo.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

"If they could be such pushovers as to be influenced by a non-tenured faculty member, the university should reevaluate its admission policy."

From Wild Justice by Sprague, Ruth M.