Word: swunged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...African jungles and Asian market places, in European town squares and American suburbs strained skyward for a glimpse of Russia's tiny moons. In 1957, under the orbits of a horned sphere and a half-ton tomb for a dead dog, the world's balance of power lurched and swung toward the free world's enemies...
...blinding blue flash. St. John's grimy brick houses rocked to a crash that sounded, said one resident, "like the explosion of a ton of bombs." Plunging ahead in the fog, the steam train had plowed into the rear of the electric train, whipped around like a swung scythe, snapping a steel support of the viaduct. The 700-ton bridge crashed down on the crowded commuter trains beneath. The train overhead stopped just on the edge of disaster...
...opponent's head against a ring post and real blood fell on the canvas, did the crowd realize that it was watching a real fight for a change. Few in the Garden wanted to waste the rare opportunity. Beer bottles sailed ringward from the balcony; chairs were swung with painful accuracy. Two cops were injured and two spectators jailed before the riot ended. Haled before the New York State Athletic Commission, the suddenly friendly wrestlers announced that they had seen nothing at all. On the theory that they should have been looking, Commissioner Helfand fined Rocca. Graham and their...
...Alphonse went to work with a street fighter's will. He put his head down, leaned on his opponent and swung. He had weighed in at 117¼ Ibs., but he worked like a heavyweight, swung looping haymakers, careless of where they landed, confident that they hurt. Macias (118 Ibs.) had little chance to use his shifty speed. When he had his man worn down, Alphonse stepped back and began to box. Even the pro-Macias Mexicans in the crowd of 20,000 fell into silent acquiescence when the officials gave Halimi the decision that made him bantamweight champion...
...foot dummy nicknamed Agatha swung from atop the tower of Moors Hall last night. The effigy was a combination of wire, newspaper, and tennis balls all compiled in a neat, morbid package...