battered
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The rising, warming sea and ferocious winter storms have battered the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Something like that happened during the historic storm of late January 1983, which occurred during one of the strongest El Niños on record and battered the coast up and down California, damaging many piers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Storms battered northern Europe on Sunday cutting power to more than 150,000 homes, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and silencing phone networks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
The UK will continue to be battered by strong winds and heavy rain over the weekend as Storm Boelo follows on the heels of Storm Austen.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
One day, Dr. Pérez picked us up at our hotel in his battered Russian sedan and we drove to the hacienda, in a place called Santiago de las Vegas.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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