thrash

A band of protestors in flip-flops thrash on aluminum pans, registering their anger with the blackouts, moving quickly to avoid the police.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score in six World Cups as his double helps Portugal thrash Uzbekistan.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Uncertainty will weigh on shipping while Washington and Tehran thrash out details on Iran’s nuclear program and other unresolved issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

That was never far from our thoughts as we watched “The Late Show” thrash, often jubilantly, against the coming night over the 10 months that the network gave it to bleed out.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

She willed herself to calm down, felt the excitement of the crowd, the wild thrash of her brother’s music.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Wind thrashes around the car park in the dim dawn light, rattling the corrugated supermarket shutters and sending discarded carrier bags billowing as rain tumbles on to the asphalt.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2025

Park thrashes through the “Hedwig” songbook with aplomb; high points include the headbanger “Angry Inch,” the aching anthem “Wicked Little Town” and “Wig in a Box,” a tour-de-force tune of self-discovery.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021

“When the virus thrashes your lungs, then what’s left is lung damage, and your body just has to heal that on its own,” he says.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

The more he thrashes around the deeper he sinks, quixotically abandoning his withdrawal agreement bill just as it won a 30-vote majority.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2019

Christina thrashes, but Molly is heavy and doesn’t budge.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Harry Brook hit a brutal century and drew comparisons with Kevin Pietersen as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 119 runs in the first T20 in Southampton.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Trade bible Variety called it a "lacerating portrait," while Deadline said the "damning" film had "thrashed" Musk as "petty, narcissistic, megalomaniacal, cruel."

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Bangladesh thrashed Australia by nine wickets on the fourth day of the series-opener in Darwin to complete one of Test cricket's greatest upsets.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

When Broussard and his friend attempted to put Catzilla into the fishing basket, with the intention of then releasing it, the 50-pounder violently thrashed and slipped free.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Instead they lowered her to the ground where she thrashed and screamed, apparently unable to recognize any of them.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

A 35-6 road thrashing by Jacksonville prompted a predictable surge in doomsdayism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The gulf between Oklahoma State and its free-spending rivals was never more obvious than in the Cowboys’ second game last season, a 69-3 thrashing by Oregon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

They headlined Coachella in 2025, a rare heavy rock band to top the most influential festival in the U.S., delivering a raucous and thrashing set unlike any in the last decade of Coachella headliners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Last week management at the 10-brand group began what could be a long and tough process of thrashing out job cuts in talks with the supervisory board as workers protested at plants nationwide.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Do take care,” Orddu advised Taran, “or you’ll harm yourself with all that thrashing about. We forgive you for calling us hags,” she added indulgently.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander