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Example sentences for: punched

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Hey, seeing as we both punched our tickets at alternative weeklies, you at the Village Voice and me at Washington City Paper and SF Weekly , maybe we should talk about what daily newspapers could learn from the alties.
"Replace George Will's column with weekly photo of him being punched in the nose."
Sprewell took no questions from the assembled press and did not address any specifics of the two incidents in which he punched and choked his coach.
But when we take time to explore the vagaries of English, we find that hot dogs can be cold, darkrooms can be lit, nightmares can take place in broad daylight, midwives can be men, hours--especially happy hours and rush hours--can last longer than sixty minutes, ice cubes can be noncubic, tablecloths can be made of paper, silverware can be made of plastic, most telephones are dialed by being punched (or pushed?)
Both times I quickly changed the subject but felt as though I had been punched in the stomach.