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At least they don’t reach out to clobber nearby cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Skipping their origin story keeps things tight while underlining the idea that these are settled-down grown-ups secure in their abilities to lengthen, disappear, ignite and clobber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

But as the storm continued to clobber the state, worse impacts were certainly possible, Mr. Ortiz said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

But for UW to take pressure off its precarious pass defense, the Huskies must consistently clobber opponents up front.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2023

My other mother loved me to pieces, but she stood ready to clobber me if I moved.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Game 3, with Muncy back in the lineup, he clobbers the Giants, again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

Popular media hasembraced the terms, using them when a snowstorm clobbers an area that usually gets little snow.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2022

That said, there are some things you can do to maintain good credit or to minimize the damage if an unexpected expense clobbers your budget.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

Mickelson’s not quite out of it, three back of Mattiace as he clobbers his drive on the 15th.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020

That line of hers clobbers me over and over.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

That team held a players-only meeting after falling to 0-3… then got clobbered, 27-0, by the Houston Oilers in Week 4.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, food prices have jumped by 40% in just a few years, which has clobbered people's finances.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Software companies have gotten clobbered this year, as seen in the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, down 22% this year after falling 8% in the fourth quarter.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The shares of UnitedHealth, Humana and other health insurers were clobbered on Tuesday after a preliminary payment proposal for Medicare Advantage fell way short of analyst expectations.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026

“What’s this?” said Scooter, drawing back and almost getting clobbered.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

“The Last House” and “The Whisper Man” have both outperformed “Don’t Say Good Luck,” with “The Whisper Man” clobbering both in the number of hours viewed after just a few days on the streamer.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Apple finally overthrew Nvidia to reclaim the title of the world’s largest company by market capitalization, underscoring the dramatic degree to which the iPhone maker’s stock is clobbering the broader technology universe.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Ford’s secret project had an ambitious goal: to figure out how to make electric vehicles in the U.S. that could compete with the Chinese models clobbering competitors globally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

He put himself on the Ashes radar by clobbering 183 for Australia A during a red-ball series against Sri Lanka A in Darwin this year, with his form continuing in the Sheffield Shield.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

For such a frail old lady, Miss Wren was giving Miss Peregrine a pretty good clobbering.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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