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our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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However, its flagship chatbot just got trounced by a 46-year-old device at one of the world’s oldest games of skill.
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 June 2025
If the rapper could trounce the rocker in popularity, then surely the Black filmmaker could become the face of the American filmmaker, which had long been considered a white man’s job.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs were trounced by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Kane and Klingberg returned for Game 2, but the Oilers were trounced.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 June 2025
If the rapper could trounce the rocker in popularity, then surely the Black filmmaker could become the face of the American filmmaker, which had long been considered a white man’s job.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs were trounced by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Kane and Klingberg returned for Game 2, but the Oilers were trounced.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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