pummel

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

If oil prices go significantly higher, that could pummel spending and employment, prompting the Fed to cut rates to prevent a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 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

"So matter just pummels directly onto the surface, at very high speeds, like an asteroid hitting the Moon."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

I assume she’s talking to me, but when she gets to us, she pummels right into Rhiannon.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

European businesses have lost market share in China over recent years and say they are being pummeled in their home market by low-cost Chinese products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

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

He’d never gotten into a fight at school or pummeled anyone.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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

Haiti and other parts of the Caribbean were also destroyed when the Category 5 storm pummelled through the region.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

I felt as if I were being pummelled by a great fist.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Experts stress that the key is to start preparing before storms begin pummeling the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

High fuel prices are pummeling the freight sector.

From Barron's ● Sep. 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

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

Hitting with depth and pummelling his forehand in particular, he stuck in the rallies with the defensive Medvedev and returned serve well.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

Then came a noise as of pillows and bolsters flying about, while two little fists continued pummelling the partition as if it were a drum.

From Fruitfulness by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly