battering
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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
After days of high tides and the remnants of Hurricane Marie battering his home, Leib said his wife has asked if they can sell the house and move elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Earlier this year, fears that AI developers and labs would suck the value out of software, data, legal services and more erupted in the equity markets, battering software stocks, including ServiceNow’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
My chest felt like it had just been hit with a battering ram, but I managed to get to my feet.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
