punchbag
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Justice Abba, Scotland's number one in the super heavyweight class, is beating a punchbag into submission.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Now Emmanuel Macron has gone one further, releasing photos of him hitting a punchbag with bulging biceps in a show of his strength in action.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024
Some television news showed looped videos of Thaksin exercising on the grounds of his Dubai mansion late last year, pounding energetically at a punchbag while attempting an occasional high kick.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
Océane’s father was a powerful, sensuous individual who took out his moods on the judo floor and the punchbag; his extensive online life indicates a man prosaically impatient with things intangible or far away.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2017
He also became the preferred punchbag for climate-change cynics in search of a straw man.
From Nature ● Jul. 25, 2017
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