shellacking
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The home loss to the Ducks was brutal—Oregon scored 38 straight points in a 41-28 shellacking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Around the same time, England were getting their quadrennial shellacking in Australia.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The shellacking that big bank stocks have taken as of late could be an ominous sign about what’s next for the economy.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
And the Dodgers looked anything but rested and refreshed in Friday’s 11-4 shellacking by the Toronto Blue Jays, which left them trailing a postseason series for the first time since last fall’s NLDS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
She had to lay down various layers, like shellacking a Stradivarius.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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