battered
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The next few weeks could also be a turning point for select software stocks, many of which have been battered recently by fears that AI could greatly disrupt their business models.
From MarketWatch
The trigger of the latest protests was the collapse in the value of the local currency, the rial, which drove up import costs and fueled inflation in an economy that was already battered by sanctions.
Years of deflation battered the yen and cut profits for Japanese companies.
From Barron's
The little boat shuddered and swayed, and then they were past whatever it was and only the hurricane battered them.
From Literature
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Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez said Tuesday that her country has received $300 million from a US sale of Venezuelan crude and she will use it to prop up her country's battered currency, the bolivar.
From Barron's
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