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as in knocks
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
a good carpenter hits a nail just two or three times to drive it in
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as in bumps
to come into usually forceful contact with something
when she fell on the ice, she hit hard and badly bruised her elbow
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as in wins
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
the rock band hit "the big time" with their third album
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as in successes
a person or thing that is successful
the new babysitter turned out to be a hit with the kids
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as in blows
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
the quarterback can't take too many more hits like that and escape permanent injury
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Recent Examples of hits
Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
If Israel hits Iran’s oil industry, supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could become of concern, other analysts echoed.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
After that, the studio released the stop-motion hits ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and The Two Strings and Missing Link.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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When pericarditis hits, the flare can cause debilitating fatigue which significantly impacts daily life.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
If Israel hits Iran’s oil industry, supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could become of concern, other analysts echoed.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
After that, the studio released the stop-motion hits ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and The Two Strings and Missing Link.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hits
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If Harris wins, Stearns says a big reason will be that data – and her pollster.Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Smith co-wrote six of the 18 songs — his road schedule kept him from writing more, but, as the Nashville dictum goes, the best song always wins.Melinda Newman, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
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Challenging Israel’s advance Iran hopes to slow and potentially reverse Israel’s successes against Hezbollah, especially as Israel embarks on ground operations into southern Lebanon.Aaron Pilkington, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2024
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Now that Israel has shifted its attention to Lebanon and scored several initial tactical successes against Hezbollah, Iran cannot afford to stand back and watch for two main reasons.Aaron Pilkington, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2024
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Beautifully Broken additionally achieves the third-largest week, by units, for any country album in 2024, following the debut frames of Beyoncé and Post Malone’s premiere country sets.Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2024
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Beautifully Broken also achieves the third-largest week, by units, for any country album in 2024, following Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion.Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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To ensure classic films remain relevant in an era dominated by streaming platforms and tentpole blockbusters, Studiocanal partners with cinematheques and festivals such as Lumière.Lise Pedersen, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
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Max brings together unparalleled quality content from iconic brands like HBO, Discovery, the DC Universe, Harry Potter, AFN, and Cartoon Network, as well as Hollywood blockbusters all in one place.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
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But winning this will mean landing punches, and taking them.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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But winning this will mean landing punches, and taking them.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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The film contains one of the great gross-out scenes of all time, in which Adjani has a bloody, violent miscarriage in a Berlin subway station and slams her body around as if in the throes of an exorcism.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Brown is casting Moreno as a wealthy businessman who is out for himself, and Moreno, R-Ohio, slams Brown as a career politician who is a rubber stamp for President Joe Biden and Harris.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
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The midfielder officially hung his boots up after Germany were beaten on home soil by eventual winners Spain at the Euros, and dumped out of the last eight.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Votes from more than 500,000 Conde Nast Traveler readers determined winners of the 37th annual recognition of favorite travel experiences.Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
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Detroit Pistons team owner Tom Gores claps during the press conference on July 30, 2021 at the Pistons Performance Center in Detroit, Michigan.Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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When the camera zooms in on Haines, the gnat can be seen buzzing around above her head (as evidenced in Entertainment Weekly's extremely serious investigative photos below) before Goldberg launches her military action and claps her hands while Haines speaks.EW.com, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Hits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hits. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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