battered
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Despite more than four years of war, and battered by sanctions, Russia is still standing.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Taylor Morrison is a stalwart in an out-of-favor industry battered by high mortgage rates and expensive housing prices—the kind of company that Buffett eagerly snapped up for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Los Angeles in 2026 has been scarred by destructive wildfires, battered by the slowdown in the entertainment industry and its urban core is still struggling to rebound from the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Across her knees lay an ancient shield—a battered circle of wood and bronze, painted with the likeness of Akhlys herself holding a shield, so the image seemed to go on forever, smaller and smaller.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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