battered
Example Sentences
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Oracle’s stock has been battered by a factors like a widespread software selloff and concerns about the company’s pivot to AI cloud computing.
From MarketWatch
The surface bubbled and roiled, as if battered by sudden rapids.
From Literature
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By early 1942 the nation was battered, no doubt, and after years of hard conflict and rationing of food supplies, its citizens were somewhat bowed down.
Shares have been battered ever since Super Micro’s co-founder and two others linked to the company were charged with illegally smuggling chips to China.
From Barron's
Only one bridge still links Tyre to areas further north, along a narrow, battered coastal road winding between banana plantations and orange trees.
From Barron's
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