punched
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Once Boone punched the clock, he punched out baserunners, throwing out a league-leading 41.6% of base stealers in 1985, one of three times he did so with the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
McDonagh punched through to a mass audience in 2017 with Three Billboards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Nitin Katiyar, a digital journalist, told The Times of India newspaper police had punched him in the eye.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Her hands shook as she punched the buttons into the safe’s keypad, entering the wrong combination.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
I grabbed the landline in the kitchen and punched in three numbers.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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