one-two

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Recent Examples of one-two Carson Hansen/Abu Sama, Iowa State Breakdown: The Cyclones should have one of the best one-two punches in the conference at running back with the return of Hansen and Sama. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2025 El Camino Real has been considered the best team in the City because of its one-two pitching duo. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025 Hurricane Idalia arrived in 2023, followed by the one-two punch of Hurricanes Debby and Helene in 2024. Rose Schnabel, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025 Barbed-wire slicer (Final Destination 2) A swift one-two punch of a setup that falters in its actual execution. Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for one-two
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-two
Noun
  • If approved, the cuts would served a devastating blow to the U.N., which is already struggling as other governments also cut contributions.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • Her relationship may have been seen as the ideal outcome of inner work, so its collapse may have felt disappointing, like a blow to their healing process.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Meantime Marty and his ex-wife Felicia (Karen Gillan), on good terms, commiserate by phone about the latest roster of calamities.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
  • All these calamities are happening simultaneously — so many disasters coming at such speed that the bad news slams into Marty like a psychological avalanche.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Next weekend portends a double whammy of Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 18 May 2025
  • There’s a double whammy of macro and micro twists within close succession of each other.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, the market-resilience work performed by a lab at the University of California, Davis, offers solutions to farmers and agricultural communities that are vulnerable to intensifying weather disasters.
    Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • Federal database that tracked costly weather disasters no longer being updated How to prepare for an earthquake disaster Huge earthquakes have long been an existential crisis for millions along the West Coast, as described in a 2022 USA TODAY article.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Not every blast from the past deserves a place in your future.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2025
  • For another blast from the past, head to Funland in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware—technically just above the Mason-Dixon line, but a longtime favorite for many Southern families thanks to its arcade games, old-school rides, and salt-air nostalgia.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 1 June 2025

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“One-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-two. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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