trounce

Having won several times, the group says they generally expect to trounce the competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, the sumptuous imagery and amiable pacing of “Wuthering Heights” trounce del Toro’s ghastly slog of a film.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Portugal, which is reeling from a battering by deadly storms, began voting in the second round of a presidential election on Sunday, with the moderate candidate expected to trounce his far-right rival.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

Note, JPMorgan and others have been pushing back at this retreat, defending solid fundamentals for gold, as they see “real assets” like commodities and real estate continuing to trounce stocks, bonds and cash.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

No one had expected them to trounce the other two sixth grades, but they did.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

It also trounces the reported $15 billion bounty that John Paulson scored in 2007 wagering against the housing market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

The fund’s strong performance in 2025 trounces the S&P 500’s 16.1% gain this year through Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025

Amazon trounces both online retailers with 56% of its 268 million unique monthly visits in October resulting in purchases, its data shows.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2023

If Soto sometimes trounces over the lyricism of her lines, she’s always true to Beatrice’s immediate circumstances and never falls into recitation for recitation’s sake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

When very young he deals with the matter in a straightforward fashion, and trounces the author for every unwitting solecism and willing falsification that is discovered.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Edward Fordham Spence

His team was trounced 16–7 by the Kyrgyz side, the clear favourites to win.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

In that year, Democrats had been trounced in three straight presidential elections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

On the west coast, Canada trounced Qatar 6-0 during a match in Vancouver.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

In Roberts’ Dodgers debut, on opening day at Petco Park, his team trounced the Padres 15-0.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

“You trounced me these last two terms, I was bound to catch a break sooner or later. I got five talents even this term.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Shares are up more than 250% in the past 12 months, trouncing the S&P 500’s 25% gain.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Netting on his debut in a 10-1 third-round trouncing of Exeter, he has been involved in more FA Cup goals than any team-mate this season.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

By contrast, utilities outshined in the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, at one point trouncing the market by nearly 12 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Apple’s iPhone revenue surged 23% year over year, trouncing expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

He came back to practice the following week to the shame of a white practice jersey, and he had no role in Permian’s 42-0 trouncing of Midland High.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger