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clobber



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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

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

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2024

Buying and selling "pre-loved" clobber is now a huge industry, in part due to online companies - or marketplaces - such as Depop, Vinted and eBay where people can trade clothes.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2023

Game 2, without Muncy, Giants clobber the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2023

“My dad said the same thing,” I added, “only my mom was going to clobber him.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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

Immediately after tea he clobbered the spin of Ali Usman over the leg side for six, then reached his half-century from 64 balls in the following over.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

But it kind of mattered, at least psychologically, and for pride, especially for Turkey, which was getting clobbered back home for its nonperformance in the Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 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

Horse threw a chunk of a two-by-four at him and almost clobbered him.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

Then we can see banjo-hitting second basemen clobbering 50 homers a year and Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge trying to outdo each other at 100 to 110 homers a year.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2025

By the time Mr. Birkway got to me, my heart was clobbering around so hard I thought it might leap straight out of my chest.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech




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