battering
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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
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
Chip and memory stocks are rising, having taken a battering earlier this week due to calls for an AI slowdown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Kontos had barely entered the channel when enormous winds and towering waves began battering his ships.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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