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Unsatisfied with an 8-8 season without a postseason berth, the Vikings head coach went to the woodshed and started tinkering. — John Shipley, Twin Cities, "After disappointing season, Vikings’ Mike Zimmer went to the woodshed," 7 June 2019 Last week shares of Kohl’s, Nordstrom and Foot Locker got taken out to the woodshed. — Justin Lahart, WSJ, "Investors Beware: Consumers’ Story Isn’t Yours," 29 May 2019 All credit to Jesse Marsch's side for taking Minnesota United to the woodshed with some absolutely beautiful play. — Avi Creditor, SI.com, "The MLS XI, Week 4: Another Red Bulls Stampede, LA Braces for Zlatan," 26 Mar. 2018 With Lionel Messi watching from a stadium suite, sitting out a second straight game with a minor injury, Spain took Argentina to the woodshed, winning 6-1 at Atletico Madrid's Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. — Avi Creditor, SI.com, "WATCH: Isco Hat Trick Leads Spain's 6-1 Rout Over Messi-Less Argentina," 27 Mar. 2018 They were basically taken to the woodshed in a 109-94 loss to the Wizards at the Capital One Arena. — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, "Sixers' Brett Brown still sees warts despite big win over Cavaliers | Keith Pompey," 2 Mar. 2018 Many things that are very basic that any public school would be taken to the woodshed for not doing, haven’t been done. — Washington Post, "Concerns persist over school system for juvenile offenders," 19 Dec. 2017 Well, his team was good enough to take Lewis' Bengals to the woodshed. — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, "NFL hot seat rankings: Bengals' Marvin Lewis, Bears' John Fox coaching out the string?," 12 Dec. 2017 Aztecs tucked the tail and and was taken to the woodshed. — Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, "He’s done something in 6 games that it took Boise State the previous 8 seasons to do," 15 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'woodshed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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