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maul

[mawl] / mɔl /


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The Springboks finished with a typical driving maul with de Villiers crashing over as Wales had no answer to their opponents.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Matthews, who is departing Scotstoun this summer for French side Montauban, did what he has done so many times before by finishing off a rolling line-out maul to score.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Hooker Amy Cokayne rumbled over at the back of the maul, and replacement prop Sarah Bern also crashed through from close range twice.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

Graham was caught offside following the restart, however, and Jack Crowley kicked to the corner, with Sheehan peeling off the resultant maul to score.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

Roaring, he came leaping to his feet, and one of those huge hands closed around a maul and jerked it up.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

England have seeped points, looking vulnerable to sniping runs around the edge of the breakdown and to driven mauls.

From BBC May 16, 2026

"You know Maro is on your team -- he's talking to you at mauls, scrums, nominating and talking around the pitch," Heyes said.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

During his Springbok tenure, the former Free State flanker, who won 37 international caps, has innovated with strokes of genius such as naming a bench with just one back and rolling mauls in open play.

From Barron's Nov. 9, 2025

They cross the line once in every five mauls, an efficiency unmatched by anyone else.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2025

The rest seemed to be armed with spears and mauls.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

She went on to be the UN rights chief, a sensitive role in which she alienated some countries, especially China, which mauled her for reporting on Beijing's alleged abuses of the country's Uyghur minority group.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

A woman who was mauled by a dog at a Los Angeles city animal shelter has been awarded $5.4 million by a jury.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

Matthew, as his own son Trev would later reflect, had always “felt mauled by Aldous and burdened by his massive family legacy,” as he said in a video interview in December, 2023.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2025

The Yankees mauled and mashed and manhandled the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, staving off a sweep with an 11-4 victory.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2024

He ambled toward me with his clothes in tatters, like he’d gotten mauled by a bear.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Despite the scale of the electoral mauling no immediate move was made to challenge his leadership and cabinet colleagues appeared to publicly rally round.

From Barron's May 9, 2026

In a sport that was long defined by a handful of powerhouse programs mauling everyone in their path, Cinderella has finally crashed college football’s party.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

But England's latest mauling in Mumbai showed McCullum now has the challenge he wanted.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2025

Romy is so caught up in her business that she’s nearly attacked by a dog on the street until a handsome stranger gives a whistle and stops the mauling moments before disaster.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2024

That was when he relived the nightmare of the mauling and felt the ache of being alone, the fear, and yes, still, the anger.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen




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