bang away (at)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bang away (at)
Verb
  • For the past two years, DMCI has been buffeted by the cyclical nature of the commodities business.
    Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • The local currency has been buffeted by a series of sharp swings since last Friday, as the central bank stepped in to check its gains following the US dollar’s decline.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • When Murkowski finally appeared on the floor, she was quickly surrounded by Thune, Barrasso, Graham and Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who barraged her on all sides with points and interjections.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 June 2025
  • But, once the accusation spread, Samara was barraged with threats.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • This year’s effort to spark dialogue over the troubling realities behind Texas’s independence from Mexico — the very center of Fiesta San Antonio’s festivities — centered around allowing people to find the message organically rather than plastering it across social accounts.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • They’re plastered all over modern entertainment in a very girly, pink and purple sort of way.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • His equaliser against Leganes in March was a perfect example, with Bellingham sharpest to react when a shot cannoned off the crossbar.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • His 79th-minute header from Andy Robertson’s free kick beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma but cannoned off the upright and across the face of the goal with no Liverpool player able to follow up, and the Premier League leaders ended up losing the last-16 tie in a penalty shootout.
    Andy Jones, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Floodwaters in the area had swept through and battered several youth camps on the river banks — including Camp Mystic, the summer camp where they were headed.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
  • The company took over operations at the 44-story art deco skyscraper in 2023 after the previous owner, battered by the post-pandemic office market, surrendered control in late 2022 to its lender Apollo Global Management.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Ange Postecoglou was sacked two weeks later and replaced by Thomas Frank.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • On a stroll through New York City yesterday, Hathaway’s outfit offered a fun solution for not sacking off your denim in the high summer heat just yet.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • The United States had nuked and napalmed Japan yet afterward promoted the Japanese economy assiduously.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Tucker Carlson torches House Republican over Gaza ‘nuke’ comment | RISING Robby Soave and Lindsey Granger discuss Tucker Carlson ripping Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) over his suggestion that Gaza should be nuked.
    The Hill, The Hill, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • The crowds are usually made up of people desperate for food who grab supplies off the passing trucks, and armed gangs have also looted trucks.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
  • The Journal Sentinel is not specifying the location at the request of tribal officials, due to the risk of looting.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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“Bang away (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bang%20away%20%28at%29. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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