battering
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The season premiere opened Saturday with Ramy Youssef reprising his role as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, delivering an update on the nor’easter battering the East Coast before James Austin Johnson’s Trump arrived unexpectedly.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Officers used battering rams to force entry to several properties as parents walked past with their children on the school run.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Discovery could lead to massive job losses, battering an already fragile L.A. entertainment economy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
US tech and chip giants including Nvidia, Intel, Micron, and Broadcom took a battering, dragging the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
My heart is battering away because Fm not sure what’s going to happen here.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
