How to Use bang-bang in a Sentence
bang-bang
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Sometimes these are bang-bang things.
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David Aldridge,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Plays at the plate are usually bang-bang plays.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
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Mattingly called for a replay review on the bang-bang play.
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Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Ortiz was standing behind Lowe as the bang-bang play unfolded.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Aug. 2025
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Despite the bang-bang nature of the play, To’oTo’o was called for unnecessary roughness.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The bang-bang ending gave Colorado (35-89) its third straight win and clinched the four-game series with the Diamondbacks.
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Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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However, Aaron Judge fired a pinpointed rocket to plate, where Austin Wells applied a bang-bang tag on a sliding Massey just in time.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
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The main attraction is the park, and proximity to the cutie bang-bang option of Piccoli-to-Go followed by Uncle Louie G’s for ices.
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Katie McDonough,
Curbed,
18 May 2026
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On the second costly infield play, in the fifth inning, Chapman moved quickly on Xander Bogaerts’ dribbler, but Schmitt, anticipating the bang-bang play, extended too early and missed the high throw.
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Shayna Rubin,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Apr. 2026
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