trounce
Example Sentences
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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
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
That makes it unlikely that precious metals can trounce stocks the way they did in the inflationary 1970s when gold delivered 15 times the S&P 500’s return.
A quarterback who hadn’t spent all season trouncing the rest of college football might have wilted under the pressure.
Ultimately, they were defined as another England outfit trounced in Australia.
From BBC
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