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wallop

[wol-uhp] / ˈwɒl əp /






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All the indications are that Maeda will leave Celtic this summer, exiting with a crash, a bang and a wallop.

From BBC May 23, 2026

They also wallop small businesses, which typically pay tax at their state’s individual rate.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

U.S. airlines have already canceled nearly 6,000 flights through Sunday ahead of a winter storm expected to wallop two-thirds of the United States over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 24, 2026

“I wanted people to see this film like I saw ‘Bambi,’ as the most glorious, sophisticated tone poem of a story that packs a wallop.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

“He took a wallop, that’s for sure. But you know what that’s like, don’t you?”

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

There he wallops American culture in all its manifestations.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

By using the “Net Rating” metric from college basketball stats guru Ken Pomeroy, it’s possible to measure how thoroughly a team wallops its opponents on both ends of the floor, adjusted for strength of schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

He wallops his first ball to the boundary and then promptly heads back to the pavilion.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2024

With dazzling ballroom performances, juicy drama and wallops of heartache throughout, “Pose” tells the story of how we got to this drag-obsessed culture and shows why the art form’s history is so important today.

From Seattle Times Jun. 20, 2023

Third batter wallops one hard right to me.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

When Dornan ran again in 1998, with volunteers vowing to pursue any election irregularities, Sanchez walloped him, and he was swept into the dustbin of political history.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Clement and the law firms walloped the government.

From Slate May 15, 2026

In terms of this game, going to Sunderland is still a tough game - even though the Black Cats were walloped 5-0 by Nottingham Forest last time out at Stadium of Light.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Consumers are cutting back on how much they’re spending to fill up their gas tanks these days, and most household budgets are still getting walloped by higher prices.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

In the first stage King Pellinore and Sir Grummore stood opposite each other for about half an hour, and walloped each other on the helm.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“Best and Last’s” flashbacks are a walloping reminder that Knoxville is inimitable: a telegenic and extroverted entertainer with a charisma he wields like a skunk aims its stink.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

The thud of fists walloping punching bags reverberates through the gym from morning until evening.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

The men traded a series of incendiary, insulting songs, but the one that endures is Lamar’s “Not Like Us”—spooky, walloping, chart-topping, Grammy-winning.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Earlier in the day, the Eagles delighted their home crowd by walloping the Washington Commanders 55-23.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

Once it was settled that the three of us would go, the journey took on an alarming, expanding need to hurry that was like a walloping great thundercloud assembling around me.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech




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