walloping

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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

"I'll be honest, no nerves," he said after his quarter-final victory, a 5-2 walloping of Nathan Aspinall.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

Just last December, this team was embarrassed by the Raiders in a 63-21 walloping.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2024

All the while there was a walloping hissing, and I could have sworn the ground rumbled and trembled underneath us.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech