clubbed

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The 1970s oil shock and stagflation clubbed the economy when she was a teen, and high interest rates thwarted home buyers in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Since then, his strikeout rate has risen, his average has plummeted more than 20 points and he’s clubbed just 14 homers, one fewer than he had in May alone as a designated hitter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

"If you were to find the publications of that time, the criticism was personal - JRD got clubbed with nepotism and I was branded as the wrong choice," Ratan Tata later said.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

On Tuesday he clubbed two homers, then threw up deuces while rounding the bases in the Bronx.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

At last he found him, still clutching the Cup and wearing an expression appropriate to having been clubbed over the head.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling