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pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived
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The first baseman got back in the swing of things on the City Series stage Saturday, connecting for two long balls as the White Sox pummeled the Cubs 8-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 38,795 at Rate Field.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
The best players in the world are getting pummeled by this place.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Ukraine’s capital and other regions were pummeled overnight by hundreds of Russian drones, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles, the country’s air force said.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Consumers are flagging, pummeled by years of high prices and the sense that no one in power really cares.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
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“Pummel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pummel. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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pummel
verb
pum·mel
ˈpəm-əl 
pummeled or pummelled; pummeling or pummelling
-(ə-)liŋ
1
: pound entry 3 sense 2a, beat
knead and pummel the dough
2
: to defeat decisively
pummeled the competition
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