flog
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I share this not to publicly flog myself for another travel faux pas but to give you hope or prompt you to broaden your search.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
You’re not out to fleece anyone with egregiously high commissions or merely befriend another member because you want to flog the latest financial product.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
“If you’re right here at the top of the curve, functioning at a high level, if I flog your nicotinic receptors, you’re actually going to have a decline in performance,” he adds.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025
"They have to flog some of this stuff off, to recoup some of the losses that they've made. And he's quite wily in recognising that."
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
“Half the time you don’t even bother locking it. You’re probably hoping someone’ll flog it so you can collect the insurance.”
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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And it has a sense of humor, opening with a sidewalk preacher who flogs her Bible app.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Hawley's character are as outsized as ever, and the mythical Fahr-goh accent still flogs the ear – but the overwrought, flowery speeches that drowned the 2020 season aren’t as overwhelming.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2023
Aside from that, he may have a stroll around the marché, the vast bazaar at the back of the Palais that flogs cut-price monster romps and action movies to the international buyers.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2012
Avon flogs make-up and skin cream under its own brand.
From Economist ● Apr. 4, 2012
The Soudanese say to each other, "This hardy people never flogs its servants; it is superior to the simplest and most obvious human pleasures."
From All Things Considered by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Wholesale costs in the U.S. jumped again in August, flogged by higher gasoline prices, in the first of two inflation reports that will dictate if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates next week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Model Lauren Hutton valiantly flogged Pepsi Light—“One calorie!”—but it didn’t last on the market, steamrolled by aspartame, a new sweetener, and the Diet Coke juggernaut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tilak Varma flogged Archer for two sixes and a four in the final over, but it was not enough.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Scores of bare-chested flagellants with covered faces walked barefoot through the dusty streets of Pampanga province's San Fernando as they flogged their backs with bamboo whips in scorching heat.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The Sicilian flogged his mind to find an answer, but he found only failure.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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Both players hyped up the Dubai contest like a pair of boxers flogging a fight.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
But opportunities like last week’s flogging of the new Porsche 911 Turbo S on Circuito Ascari are rare and require considerable schlepping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
After witnessing a sailor’s flogging, Cândido led a revolt against regular whipping by officers in 1910.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Rick Neuheisel was fired after a 50-0 flogging by USC in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Of the twelve members of the committee, five were elsewhere, flogging some or another piece of legislation.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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