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our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Coleman had never held political office before joining Beshear's ticket and was trounced by longtime incumbent Republican state Rep. Kim King in her lone run for state office before then — a campaign for Central Kentucky's House District 55 in 2014.
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Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
The Chiefs were trounced by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, and that caused Kelce to want to run it back for one more season.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Florida trounced Carolina in the first two games in their arena and is now two wins away from reaching the Stanley Cup Final for a third consecutive season
Puck drop for Game 3 on Saturday from Sunrise’s Amerant Bank Arena is set for 8 p.m.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
Harris, who ran the shortest presidential campaign in history, was trounced by Trump in November, capping a remarkable comeback.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
The Chiefs were trounced by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, and that caused Kelce to want to run it back for one more season.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Florida trounced Carolina in the first two games in their arena and is now two wins away from reaching the Stanley Cup Final for a third consecutive season
Puck drop for Game 3 on Saturday from Sunrise’s Amerant Bank Arena is set for 8 p.m.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
Harris, who ran the shortest presidential campaign in history, was trounced by Trump in November, capping a remarkable comeback.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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