flogging

Example Sentences

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The Milan-Cortina Games have hardly been an exception, although there have been no reports of public flogging.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

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

But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

Australia were similarly aggressive at the start of their chase, openers Travis Head and Matt Short flogging 78 from the first seven overs.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

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