whack

Example Sentences

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“It doesn’t have to be: OK, you can’t touch the tree, or, we’re going to whack the tree back so much that you can’t stand to look at it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Torsten Slok, Apollo chief Economist, thinks something is out of whack in the Treasury market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Fan Georgia Prickett, 27, previously told the BBC that "as soon as the artist releases their date, the hotels whack up their prices".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

He also made a pledge not to whack programming budgets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

She got the first and biggest share of everything—the first whack at the new clothes and the biggest part of any special treat.

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