slapping
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In general, slapping the face and wagging the finger is getting less praise than it used to, possibly because it’s been done so many times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But that has not stopped the bloc from slapping fines on major players.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The crowd had made its allegiances clear after a fiery build-up which included Itauma shoving Hrgovic, the Zagreb man slapping him back and plenty of verbal sparring.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Humans mostly shop at Acme, too, with Green slapping its logo on normal cellphones, computers and, yikes, government missiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Come on,” he says, slapping me between the shoulder blades.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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