pummel
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Nanos spent Saturday afternoon watching the undefeated University of Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team pummel the Oklahoma State Cowboys, ignoring the stares and iPhones pointed his way from people in the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The film’s brilliance comes from Wain and Marino knowing how to pummel the viewer with jokes while measuring each punchline’s individual weight.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The fast-developing storm is threatening to pummel the US East Coast with a foot or more of snow beginning Sunday, just weeks after the region recovered from another devastating weather system.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
This week, investors became very worried that rapidly-advancing AI capabilities offered by companies like Anthropic are going to pummel any company with services that include enterprise software.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
For all that she wanted to pummel Kaz, she couldn’t help being a bit grateful, too.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
And severe weather pummels both the Northeast and West Coast.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Lethal landslides are common in the area when heavy monsoon rain pummels Myanmar between May and October.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023
The sheer force of their thousand-pound bodies pummels the dirt track's hazardous slings — but only after first funneling through the narrow cabling of their spindly forelimb ligaments.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2023
After all, it is rare that a European pummels his European birthplace, though it has happened.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
Sonia pummels the water with her arms and pushes it behind her with her legs.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Rising interest rates pummeled bonds as stocks continued to chug along and favorable rule-making buoyed cryptocurrencies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
In 2023, Tropical Storm Hilary pummeled the diner’s old roof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega was voted out in 1990 after a decade of sanctions that pummeled the economy, though he later returned to power and remains in charge today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Leveraged ETFs tied to chipmaker SK Hynix were pummeled Tuesday, amid a punishing selloff in semiconductor stocks this month as whiplash around the powerful artificial-intelligence trade continues.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The water pummeled him and lifted him up and shoved him back down.
From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo
Ukraine's energy network, already pummelled by Russian attacks over more than four years of war, was buckling under the high temperatures on Monday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The group pummelled the bot with more than 1,000 prompts to bypass the safeguards and convince Claude they were allowed to test the system for vulnerabilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Also on the main card, rising Frenchman Benoit Saint Denis pummelled New Zealand's Dan Hooker with a second round technical knockout in the lightweight.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, parts of Western Australia were pummelled by Tropical Cyclone Luana over the weekend.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
I felt as if I were being pummelled by a great fist.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
San Antonio had built its mammoth lead with Wembanyama pummeling the Knicks inside and freeing up his teammates for wide-open looks from the perimeter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
In her first picture, she stood in a one-piece on a boulder, smiling, a waterfall pummeling behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
After 20 minutes of warm, gentle pummeling, I was completely relaxed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
After a shock reverse against the lowly Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, the Knicks got back into their stride with a lopsided pummeling of the Sixers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
My heart pounded like drops of rain pummeling down upon the dry earth.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
The heatwaves pummelling Europe this summer will have costly impacts on industries ranging from agriculture to tourism -- but that hasn't stopped stock markets from hitting all-time highs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The study only looked at data up to 2024, however Emerton said the heatwaves already pummelling Europe this year suggest the trend has been continuing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Artificial Angels” captures the pummelling wrongness of internet-assisted living in 2025.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
Anisimova, who won the WTA 1,000 title in Qatar earlier this year, went for broke, pummelling her shots to rescue a break and keep in touch.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025
And again she began her pummelling with redoubled energy.
From Jane Lends A Hand by Shirley Watkins
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