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roundhouse

[round-hous] / ˈraʊndˌhaʊs /




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McGregor's knee appeared to give way when he missed with his first attempted roundhouse kick in the opening seconds.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

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

Each roundhouse roof had three layers: insulating straw topped by turf and completed with clay -- making them warm and waterproof but still well ventilated.

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

My first job was carrying lunches to the men who worked in the roundhouse, for which I received twenty-five cents a week.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

"In a freezing winter, with winds cutting across the Fens, these roundhouses would have been pretty cosy," said CAU project archaeologist Dr Chris Wakefield.

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

These fortified roundhouses, made with with dry stone walls, were built in the period from 100 BC to 100 AD, and it’s thought Dun Carloway probably sprang up in the 1st century AD.

From The Guardian Jun. 28, 2017

There were at Rawa-Russka large railroad works, roundhouses, sidings, and storage yards.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill




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