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The "proposal" is announced, strategically, late enough in the process to ensure that blindsided staff, cold-cocked parents and sucker-punched students have little if any recourse.
Michele Somerville: The NYC DOE Needs an A-Team Michele Somerville 2011
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The "proposal" is announced, strategically, late enough in the process to ensure that blindsided staff, cold-cocked parents and sucker-punched students have little if any recourse.
Michele Somerville: The NYC DOE Needs an A-Team Michele Somerville 2011
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All we can say is a lot of you have friends and family who are really good sports about being fake sucker-punched.
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Yankee batters would come up to the plate, face a few 100 mph fastballs, and then stand there sucker-punched by a devastating 81 mph curveball.
Verlander Leads Tigers to 5-4 Win Over Yankees in Game 3 Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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Kuwait, there was a girl in school, a couple of years older than I was, who sucker-punched an older, blubberbellied bully at recess.
A Conversation with Rabih Alameddine, author of The Hakawati 2010
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Her beauty took my breath away, sucker-punched it, put it through a wind tunnel, juggled it, and tossed it back into my lungs.
Mark C. Miller: The Continuing Adventures of Shlomo Rabinowitz, Jewish Private Eye and Dating Specialist Mark C. Miller 2010
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It's as if the Twins keep falling for the same practical joke, only to be sucker-punched again and again.
It's Over Before It's Over Brian Costa 2010
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For a moment, Baldwin looked sucker-punched and dangerous, but she pressed on: “In every story, there are always two sides.”
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Her beauty took my breath away, sucker-punched it, put it through a wind tunnel, juggled it, and tossed it back into my lungs.
Mark C. Miller: The Continuing Adventures of Shlomo Rabinowitz, Jewish Private Eye and Dating Specialist Mark C. Miller 2010
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Yankee batters would come to the plate, face a few 100 mph fastballs and then stand there sucker-punched by a devastating 81 mph curveball.
Stifled and Stunned Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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