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wallop

[wol-uhp] / ˈwɒl əp /






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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

For what it’s worth, the film boasts a wallop of a final line, which hits at the sickening reality of what it’s like to be both a child and a parent in America today.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2025

Earlier this month, a reporter asked Trump about the slide in cargo traffic at U.S. ports, with the cascading wallop to businesses and workers and customers.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2025

I tried to run, because I thought he might wallop me for being in his room, but instead he took my hand and led me to the stack.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

Bayona’s take on the tragedy wallops its viewers with 2 hours and 24 minutes of unrelenting intensity.

From Salon Jan. 23, 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

Just to be doing something she picked up a ten-penny nail and drove it into the steps with a few good wallops.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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, but most household budgets are still getting walloped by higher prices.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

Holland said his laborers in Texas often live far away from job sites and are getting walloped at the gas pump.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

“Yes. Well, not always. There is Captain, a good, if quiet, friend. And then of course there are the wandering souls, who—” A realization walloped Clare, stopping him mid-thought.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

That means that the teams walloping the rest of the league are, for the time being, doing it while spending less money than most of their competition.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Guided by visionary coach Curt Cignetti, Indiana has spent the College Football Playoff walloping blueblood programs like Alabama and Knight’s Oregon Ducks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Marseille climbed provisionally top of the French Ligue 1 on Friday after walloping woeful Nice 5-1 in a one-sided local derby with fireworks on and off the pitch.

From Barron's Nov. 21, 2025

She got into a rhythm from there, finishing with 14 points, five rebounds, four assists, a block and a steal in USC’s 87-48 season-opening walloping of New Mexico State.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2025

There was a walloping buzzing in my head.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech




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