battering

Example Sentences

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The meeting has been billed as a chance to show how climate change is battering the South Pacific.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Internet access took a battering ram to information’s door, sending dizzying amounts of data our way overnight.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

So, Tory HQ is braced for another battering, just as they suffered last year when, as one member of the shadow cabinet admits, "we were in a total mess".

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“I’m worried that these attacks are battering the institution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The only living Calormenes he could see were prisoners, the castle gates were wide open, and King Lune and King Edmund were shaking hands across the battering ram.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis