as in to overcome
to defeat by a large margin
our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Recent Examples of trounce
Eritrea had trounced Zanzibar to reach the semi-finals of the CECAFA Under-20 Championship — consisting of national teams from east and central African nations — when, amid the celebrations and platitudes from government officials back home, the players made their move.
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Even though Goldwater was trounced, his ideas gained momentum and culminated in the election of Ronald Reagan for president in 1980, the golden age of Republicanism.
—Paul Miller, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Oregon came off a bye in last year’s Rose Bowl quarterfinal and got trounced 41-21 by Ohio State — all three other teams with byes also lost in the quarterfinals.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Argentina was governed by Alberto Fernández and ex-President and now VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who trounced Macri in 2019 general elections.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Even though Goldwater was trounced, his ideas gained momentum and culminated in the election of Ronald Reagan for president in 1980, the golden age of Republicanism.
—Paul Miller, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Oregon came off a bye in last year’s Rose Bowl quarterfinal and got trounced 41-21 by Ohio State — all three other teams with byes also lost in the quarterfinals.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Argentina was governed by Alberto Fernández and ex-President and now VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who trounced Macri in 2019 general elections.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trounce
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The Global Compassion Coalition says that the first step to overcoming helplessness is to practice acceptance instead of resistance, which is a hard pill to take at the moment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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One night after the Warriors snapped Minnesota's 103-game streak of scoring at least 100 points — the third-longest in NBA history — the Timberwolves overcame a cold start from the floor and 23 turnovers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Prior to his arrest, he was interviewed by People Magazine Investigates at the cemetery where his father is buried.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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The Gaza Health Ministry currently reports 71,667 deaths, including more than 450 since the October 2025 ceasefire, though Israeli officials said the estimate does not include bodies believed to be buried under rubble.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Sure, some out there were robbing old people, choking people, robbing them, beating them up, taking their money, but Troy just wasn’t like that.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Jalen Brunson scored 28 points and the New York Knicks dominated the fourth quarter to beat the Sacramento Kings 103-87 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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As the Universe expands and cools, the cross-section drops, and eventually, dark matter stops annihilating away or interacting with anything else in any appreciable way.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Everything there fell apart and perished, as though the steppe were a field of deadly frequency, annihilating, on a molecular level, any object that happened into it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Red Storm overcame Zuby Ejiofor and Bryce Hopkins’ early foul trouble to rout last-place Marquette, 92-68, at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Dean Smith collects his 700th career coaching victory as North Carolina routs Maryland 105-73.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Even then, though, leadership didn’t whip against the bill, which ultimately passed with seven Democrats voting in favor.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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In an age when polarized politics have whipped extremists into a frenzy and disagreeing with someone’s views justifies physical assault among fringe elements, the assault on Omar is a new abysmal milestone of societal degradation.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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But of all the spaghetti that got thrown at the wall, this is the one that hits for reasons that are totally orthogonal to politics and sort of Washington.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The changes to and cancellation of courses comes months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the country, into upheaval.—
Juan A. Lozano,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Mamdani’s team learned to use the Post to its advantage in limited ways, posting screengrabs of New York Post headlines intended to upset conservative readers that the campaign thought made Mamdani look good.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Andy Ruiz replaced him and upset Joshua.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trounce. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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