aligning punch

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noun

a drift for aligning rivet holes.

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How to use aligning punch in a sentence

The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.
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Like Mike Tyson says, you have a great fight plan until you come out and take the first punch.
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“Ordinarily, you see punch-counterpunch-punch,” as the attacked party tries to fend off the intruder, the former official said.
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“You might as well punch yourself in the face,” he says when asked if he read about any of the controversy.
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And while all he says he has spoken to still believe the interrogations saved lives, he said the report was a punch in the gut.
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Never had Punch secured the telling of that tale with so little opposition.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
But Punch was five; and he knew that going to England would be much nicer than a trip to Nassick.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Punch scratched himself in his sleep, and Judy moaned a little.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
At the end of the first day Punch demanded to be set down in England, which he was certain must be close at hand.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
"Yes," said Punch, lifted up in his father's arms to wave good-bye.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling