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our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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For months, polls have shown Bardella trouncing President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party by a wide margin, his celebrity exploding as the E.U. campaign began.
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TIME, 15 May 2024
Bottoms will be robbed of the opportunity to trounce The Flash in the Best Fight category.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 May 2024
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TIME, 15 May 2024
Bottoms will be robbed of the opportunity to trounce The Flash in the Best Fight category.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for trounce
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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