whack

Example Sentences

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“It may be that the ring can detect something out of whack but then our bodies fight it off,” Ricky Bloomfield, the chief medical officer at Oura told me in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"As soon as the artist releases their date, the hotels whack up their prices," Georgia says.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

At times, big atmospheric waves that form closer to the ground can travel upward and knock the polar vortex out of whack.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

When the market falls, your portfolio gets out of whack — the value of your stocks might shrink while your bond holdings stay steady.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

She had a perforated bowel that was slowly leaking bile into her abdomen and it threw her organs out of whack.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman