battering
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A season of tropical storms and hurricanes with record-breaking energy in the Pacific Ocean is battering the Southern California coastline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The season premiere opened Saturday with Ramy Youssef reprising his role as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, delivering an update on the nor’easter battering the East Coast before James Austin Johnson’s Trump arrived unexpectedly.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Officers used battering rams to force entry to several properties as parents walked past with their children on the school run.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Chip and memory stocks are rising, having taken a battering earlier this week due to calls for an AI slowdown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Holding on to her as tightly as he could, he used her almost as a battering ram, making a path through the mob until they could run freely toward Central Park.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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