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or cudgelling
as in thrashing
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Noun
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The Blågult had started so well, mind you, with a 5-1 thrashing of Tunisia.
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Jonathan David had a hat trick in last Thursday’s 6-0 thrashing of Qatar.
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The actor says he's become 'hooked' on boxing with the help of a coach.
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And those volunteers have been busy boxing them up and shipping them off for delivers to Venezuela.
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There is no hammering out a return with another team because the parameters and compensation are outlined based on the average annual value offered.
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During a walk-through for reporters on Thursday, construction noises — particularly sanding and hammering — could be heard.
Verb
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Deputies responded to a report of a driver smacking his car into a guardrail in front of The Bridge Restaurant before driving away, according to a sheriff’s office news release.
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As the match got away from her in the second set and the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd became increasingly hostile, Andreeva fully unraveled, smacking another ball towards the roof and asking members of her box to leave.
Noun
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Rucking targets both at once without the joint pounding of running or the recovery debt of hard gym sessions.
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Rutted migration routes, carved by the constant pounding of animal hooves, littered northern Pennsylvania.
Verb
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Larry Hayes, 86, and Bill Moniz, 79, hit the tennis courts in Mountain View three to four times a week — whacking balls across the net as teammates for one to three hours a week.
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And the crowd clearly expected that pucks whacking the nets would be at a premium in this series, too.
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Taylor was shot in her bed by Louisville police officers executing a no-knock raid and using a battering ram to break into her apartment.
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First-round pick Gleb Pugachyov is the epitome of filling that need, a 6-foot-3, 224-pound battering ram of a winger who has some skill to complement that physicality.
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There was briefly some concern earlier this year that Chestnut wouldn’t be able to participate in the 2026 competition after he was arrested for allegedly slapping a man in an Indiana bar.
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Chestnut competed in the event while serving a 180-day probation sentence after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from drunkenly slapping a man in an Indiana bar earlier this year.
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