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bashing

[bash-ing] / ˈbæʃ ɪŋ /


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McCartney's father Jim infused the house with music, bashing out self-taught tunes on an old piano.

From BBC May 27, 2026

He hasn’t let up on the criticism since, often bashing the state and Newsom on social media.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

Advocates gave a “know your rights” workshop and Amalfitano led a piñata bashing, what the store owner called “a communal form of catharsis,” encouraging students to let out pent-up emotions in a safe way.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

"We have heard a lot of European bashing in the last few days," Lagarde said at the closing session of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss Alps.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

He hurried across the gravestone-strewn grass, falling twice, bashing his knee, with Asta darting beside him as a cat, stopping to help, encouraging, watching all around.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

The only material thing I really wanted was a new hat, for yester morning's milk and subsequent bashings and bruisings had ruined my old one.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.




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