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Recent Examples of backhand
From the left boards, Pastrnak made a pretty backhand pass to Zacha at the top of the crease.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
In the next game, Keys cut a slick backhand dropshot from inside the court.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Yes, Madison, Swiatek was that close to ending things while serving at 6-5, 40-30, but missed a backhand into the net, then eventually getting broken by double-faulting, sending the contest to a first-to-10, win-by-two tiebreaker.
—Howard Fendrich, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Florida tied it 1-1 midway through the period when Reinhart, cutting in front of the crease, tucked in a backhand shot around Dostal’s right pad for his 750th career point.
—Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
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The resulting copperplate is dated July 4, 1823.—
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For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.—
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But adding cursive to the curriculum has been no easy feat.—
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The scroll was written in hieratic, a type of ancient Egyptian cursive, and the dealer, Edwin Smith, wasn’t fluent enough to decode the text.—
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Her relationship with the Danish jewelry brand has developed since then, and she’s designed a small capsule collection that includes six designs, from a map of Africa to a paisley print that’s found in Indian embroidery.—
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Featuring Braff’s signature butterfly print in cornflower blue and a grass-green interior, this glossy set instantly elevates the space.—
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With digital labeling, no one has to try to remember who is who in your pictures (or decipher your illegible handwriting scribbled on the back).—
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
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The artwork is endearing, and the captions, written with studied care and impressive penmanship, offer a glimpse into the minds of the children for whom this campus was created.—
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Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship.—
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And scripts that hadn’t even been dreamt of have risen to the top of the production pile, with Rock and Clayface being prime examples.—
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The authors revised the show for the 2018 London premiere, incorporating several new songs and script changes, which will be heard in New York for the first time.—
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The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.—
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Bottom line: Your search is over for the ultimate winter running hand protection for any conditions.—
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Not only is Wade squatting lower, but his hand placement is slightly lower as well.—
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The new headset brings key features like color passthrough and hand tracking to the lower $300 price point, rendering the older Quest 2 largely inadvisable.—
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“Backhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backhand. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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