pasting

Example Sentences

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A pasting at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain might have coloured their last European campaign but Inter got to that final by seeing off Bayern Munich and Barcelona in epic knockout ties.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

This game is more about how Aston Villa respond to their defeat at Arsenal, because they took a bit of a pasting.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

The U.S. botched copying and pasting a relatively straightforward warship already in service in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Some are nicknamed jumping genes because they literally jump around, copying and pasting themselves into different parts of our genome just as if they were still viral invaders.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

Like Matt, beating his chest with bravado and pasting it thick with swamp grass that he called a manly pelt?

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry