battered
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"It means failed rains, dying crops, rising food prices, and families pushed to the edge yet again. In East Africa especially, this will land on communities already battered by droughts and floods in recent years."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
For SailPoint and the rest of the battered software sector, a stretch of market turbulence gave way to a sudden, welcome reprieve last month.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Investors enter the new week battered by a market selloff that left few places to hide.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
At the foot of the cliff, the boat juddered violently as the wind battered it.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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"My Papa's Waltz"
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