clobber
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Consequently, any great jump in spending by hyperscalers may clobber stocks that carry great weighting in the market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
At least they don’t reach out to clobber nearby cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
“I honestly don’t know,” Freddie Freeman said when asked about Ohtani’s ability to consistently clobber the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024
But as the storm continued to clobber the state, worse impacts were certainly possible, Mr. Ortiz said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
My other mother loved me to pieces, but she stood ready to clobber me if I moved.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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Popular media hasembraced the terms, using them when a snowstorm clobbers an area that usually gets little snow.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2022
That said, there are some things you can do to maintain good credit or to minimize the damage if an unexpected expense clobbers your budget.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Mickelson’s not quite out of it, three back of Mattiace as he clobbers his drive on the 15th.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020
Malnutrition clobbers the immune system, leaving the victim more prone to infections and more likely to die from them.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2017
That line of hers clobbers me over and over.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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That team held a players-only meeting after falling to 0-3… then got clobbered, 27-0, by the Houston Oilers in Week 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Razaullah, the 21-year-old batting at number nine on Test debut, clobbered 81 from 63 balls at Edgbaston.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Software companies have gotten clobbered this year, as seen in the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, down 22% this year after falling 8% in the fourth quarter.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
The Chinese factory that opened in the U.S. and clobbered its rivals.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
His confession clobbered me like a sucker punch.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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“The Last House” and “The Whisper Man” have both outperformed “Don’t Say Good Luck,” with “The Whisper Man” clobbering both in the number of hours viewed after just a few days on the streamer.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Apple finally overthrew Nvidia to reclaim the title of the world’s largest company by market capitalization, underscoring the dramatic degree to which the iPhone maker’s stock is clobbering the broader technology universe.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The shift of manufacturing jobs to less expensive states in the South, or to Asia, started clobbering many Midwestern factory towns in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
He put himself on the Ashes radar by clobbering 183 for Australia A during a red-ball series against Sri Lanka A in Darwin this year, with his form continuing in the Sheffield Shield.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
In fact, almost simultaneously with the blasting cap’s roar, Leroy Middleton jammed the car into low and, minus his partner, hauled ass, nearly clobbering James Vincent on the way out.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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