mugging
Example Sentences
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Too often, it looked like a regulatory mugging of children with rare diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
No other conference-affiliated team endures the annual potential midseason mugging from an established independent like USC.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025
Her resignation comes a day after she admitted that she told police she had lost her phone during a mugging on a night out but later found it had not been taken.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
His rants are hilarious, and Ruffalo’s mugging is a comic highlight.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024
I stand and Scrappy joins me in mean mugging Dalton.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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