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lashing

[lash-ing] / ˈlæʃ ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
thrashing
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He has mentioned several times that he wants to be able to give the speech he had originally meant to give, in which he had hinted at lashing out at the media.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

This taught me an important, if subjective, rule: A market has probably become a bubble once the fans of an asset start lashing out at skeptics.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Things are not going well at the moment, so he’s lashing out.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2026

Now the secretary and her aide are lashing out at underlings for simply following their orders.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Casting my eyes along the street at a certain point of my progress, I beheld Trabb’s boy approaching, lashing himself with an empty blue bag.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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