battering

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Internet access took a battering ram to information’s door, sending dizzying amounts of data our way overnight.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Jerome Powell said he would remain on the Fed’s board after Kevin Warsh becomes chair for a yet-to-be-determined interval amid concerns that legal attacks “are battering the institution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

On June 11, he wrote: “Every time I read about the battering ram incident I’m just floored at how wild that is.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Veeva has taken a battering as part of the brutal software selloff in recent week, but the results could give the stock a much-needed boost.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Still grasping it Ged was pulled back as the breakers streamed back from the shoal, so that he was in deep water and saved, till the next wave, from battering on the rocks.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin