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as in cooperating
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
clubbed together to share their love of model rockets
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission
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Recent Examples of clubbing
Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
The post included snaps of her clubbing, hanging out with friends, and wearing sexy outfits.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
But newer establishments like La Gare/Le Gore are combining jazz and clubbing in less-touristy parts of town.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Gone are the days of clubbing and things like that.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
The post included snaps of her clubbing, hanging out with friends, and wearing sexy outfits.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
Which appears to be the case when Hana wakes up after a heavy night of clubbing with the messy debris of a large takeout assortment on her bedroom floor and yet somehow feels different.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
But newer establishments like La Gare/Le Gore are combining jazz and clubbing in less-touristy parts of town.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbing
Noun
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His preferred genre was hardstyle—frantic thumping remixes of pop songs by the likes of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Through this lens, Slater’s downfall at DOJ is less an ideological thumping than a mundane drama of personality and personnel fights.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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For Javier Hernandez, cooperating with federal prosecutors felt like the only option.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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The bus driver is cooperating with authorities.—
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The department shared photos of Ziggy, still wearing a bandage on his left hind leg, jumping up and licking Spring's face during a recent visit.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Seals off The San Diego Seals (6-8) are off this weekend and licking their wounds following a crushing 9-8 home loss to Buffalo on Saturday.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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The start of its third act wobbles a bit, but the filmmakers provide a smashing ending that holds hope there will be more adventures to follow.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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As racket smashes go, there isn’t much smashing of the racket here.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But uniting it around a common program will be harder.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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In the run up to the 2024 election in Venezuela, the opposition leader María Corina Machado, a conservative, built a massive social movement uniting millions and backed Edmundo González, a diplomat, as a presidential candidate.—
Boris Muñoz,
Time,
3 Apr. 2026
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Viewers shared videos showing intense rain and wind pounding the neighborhood as outdoor furniture was sent flying.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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There's been no country that's ever taken a pounding like that.—
Rachel Scott,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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But because this is a derby, we’re supposed to believe this latest thrashing is a statement.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Death on the battlefield being a walk in the park next to a thrashing in a smithy by his savage blacksmith father.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Caltrans and the Nevada County Transportation Commission are collaborating on the project.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Broadcom is also collaborating with Anthropic rival OpenAI on custom silicon for AI.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Clubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbing. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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