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roundhouse

[round-hous] / 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

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

The late-night blaze took just six minutes to rip through the centre's best-known feature - a reconstructed Iron Age roundhouse that had stood on stilts in the loch for 25 years.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2023

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

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

If an internal fire took hold in one of the roundhouses, it would spread between the tightknit structures within minutes.

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 2017

And there were, of course, the necessary number of roundhouses, and the like, to complete the organization of the self-sufficient railroad.

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood




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