Words similar to punches

Example sentences for: punches

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Kudos to Katharine Seelye, who didn't pull any punches on the Klain ouster in her short piece in the Times .
But McCain's punches were awkwardly thrown--in part because the other candidates crowded the ring, keeping Bush and McCain apart--and Bush absorbed the blows with genial poise.
Overall: You don't get to land any punches and it's noncompetitive, but you'll learn how to knock people over.
The Observer of London pulled no punches in its assessment of the first 11 days of the Kosovo campaign, describing them as a "fiasco" in an editorial Sunday.
Now let's pretend I decide to restage that fight and make it painless--ten punches back and forth, Popeye-style, with no blood and both guys walking away unblemished.