battering
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With storms battering the UK, and in the wake of online disruption caused by a major security flaw, Andy Burnham said "unexpected events seem to be becoming more and more common".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Hong Kong also dived more than three percent, with NetEase and Tencent taking a battering, while Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com were also weighed by government calls for tighter quality standards.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
A record-shattering hurricane season in the eastern Pacific has been battering Mexico’s Pacific coast, bringing death and destruction to states including Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima and Baja California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
What’s different, now, is that other automakers in the U.S. are largely frozen in place after taking a battering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Cluny made it clear that the success of the attack depended solely on the battering ram breaking through the main gate.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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