pummelled
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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
Unusually intense monsoon rains pummelled parts of South and Southeast Asia in November and December, triggering landslides and floods from Indonesia's rainforests to highland plantations in Sri Lanka.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Meanwhile, parts of Western Australia were pummelled by Tropical Cyclone Luana over the weekend.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
Fourth seed Amanda Anisimova pummelled doubles specialist Katerina Siniakova into submission on Thursday in a "crazy" Australian Open second-round clash.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
I felt as if I were being pummelled by a great fist.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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