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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
children battered the piñata until it broke open
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Recent Examples of battered
Deadly storm systems also battered the state in 2023 and last year, spawning straight-line winds, possible tornadoes and powerful thunderstorms.
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Barely two weeks into the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the Milwaukee Brewers’ roster – especially their pitching – has been battered by injuries.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across the Midwest after deadly, severe weather battered the region -- and the threat is continuing along the East Coast.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
The Rust Belt, battered by decades of decline, could see a renaissance in Ohio or Michigan.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Barely two weeks into the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the Milwaukee Brewers’ roster – especially their pitching – has been battered by injuries.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across the Midwest after deadly, severe weather battered the region -- and the threat is continuing along the East Coast.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
The Rust Belt, battered by decades of decline, could see a renaissance in Ohio or Michigan.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battered
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A day earlier, Michigan's Upper Peninsula was pounded by heavy snow and high winds gusting up to 50 mph resulting in blizzard conditions and whiteouts.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Orioles pounded the Red Sox on Monday without any of their starters, relying on hard-throwing prospect Zach Fruit and a slew of youngsters.—
Jacob Calvin Meyer,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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Its conservative stances resulted in its office being bombed by left-wing labor activists in 1910, killing 21 and wounding over 100 in one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
27 Dec. 2024
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An entire Arab nation bombed into ruins.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Dec. 2024
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As the graph below shows, Bournemouth have primarily attacked down their left flank this season, with the axis between Dean Huijsen at left centre-back, wing-back Kerkez and winger Antoine Semenyo proving crucial.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Workers who were motivated by their belief in public service are being attacked on a daily basis.—
Gary Phelan,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2025
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In at least four of the heists, the thieves threatened their victim with a gun; one victim was pistol whipped, cops said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
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At the final whistle, James ran onto the field and whipped a towel through the air.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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By one estimate, a single square meter of ground may be pelted with 100 million bacteria during every hour of a rainstorm.—
Carl Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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Pico and others have pelted the PFL with criticism.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Her defense has raised the possibility that someone else beat him to death and left him in the cold.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her decision to turn down the Apple beat at the Journal in 2007, the year the iPhone was released, in order to pursue an M.F.A. in fiction propels an exploration of how much human creativity depends on the ideas and labor of others.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Shaken after being assaulted by a patient, Dana ends her shift by taking down the family photos she’s taped around her workstation.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Men broke into an Arizona resort room, assaulted a man and kidnapped a woman, police said.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Eazy The Block Captain and Shields also hopped into the fray, with Eazy disputing Papoose’s claim that he was punched unconscious and challenging him to a fight.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Rosa went on to detail that one of the young women punched her in the face, causing her glasses to fly to the floor, at which point a second teen grabbed a pouch containing Rosa's ID and medical records.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Battered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battered. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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