smacking
Example Sentences
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The firm was flayed in 2018 by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington, D.C., for engaging in what he labeled a “high-tech shakedown ... smacking of extortion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
In 2015, the Republic of Ireland banned smacking children.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
"If you're going to ban smacking effectively, are we going to band grounding children because you're taking away the freedom? You're incarcerating children."
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Scotland became the first part of the UK to outlaw physical punishment of under-16s with a ban on parents smacking their children becoming law in 2020.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
She chewed loudly, smacking her tongue against the roof of her mouth.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
