mauled
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Days before a Times reporter visited Matson’s property, a pack of wild dogs dug under his fence and fatally mauled his only surviving adult ostrich, Bam Bam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Three divers were fatally mauled in separate incidents between May and June -- two in Western Australia and the third in Queensland.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
They eventually got a foothold when Lleucu George's superb touch finder earned a five metre line-out, which Wales mauled over the line for Callender to score.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
Their pack mauled forward from a line-out and an opportunist Van Poortvliet saw a gap to sneak in.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
The Austrians, meanwhile, also were being mauled by their troublesome little neighbor Serbia.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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