roundhouse
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McGregor's knee appeared to give way when he missed with his first attempted roundhouse kick in the opening seconds.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
Encircling the footprint of each roundhouse were "middens," haloes of rubbish dumped from the stilt village above, included broken pots, butchered animal bone, and "coprolites" or fossilised faeces.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
In the third quarter, he picked off a Washington pass and went in for an uncontested roundhouse dunk.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Sweeney fought without style, without science, with nothing but enthusiasm for the fight itself: huge, barreling roundhouse blows that missed as often as they connected.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Celtic roundhouses and a prince's court are among the ancient buildings found in this green and quiet corner of the capital.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
"In a freezing winter, with winds cutting across the Fens, these roundhouses would have been pretty cosy," said CAU project archaeologist Dr Chris Wakefield.
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
These fortified roundhouses, made with with dry stone walls, were built in the period from 100 BC to 100 AD, and it’s thought Dun Carloway probably sprang up in the 1st century AD.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2017
In the same category, while perhaps not of the same class, come accidents at coal chutes and water tanks, roundhouses, stations, and other places.
From Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention by R. C. Richards
