clobbered

Example Sentences

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Afridi was clobbered for a six and a four as Brook raced through the "nervous nineties" in two balls, going from 90 to 100 before raising his bat.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 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

Bailey clobbered 28 from one Anderson over and England were set a notional second-innings target of 504.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

An automated software tool made a mistake that clobbered what is likely the world’s largest database, an Amazon product called AmazonDB.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Treeless and rocky, perpetually clobbered by gales howling off the North Atlantic, it takes its name from its first settlers, now long gone, the Irish monks known as papar.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer