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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bang away (at)
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The company’s stock performance — and that of other luxury players — has been buffeted by uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs, a slowdown in China and lackluster trading.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025 -
While a stiff breeze buffeting the flags atop Andy Murray Arena, things were calmer at court-level.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Although users will likely be barraged with unavoidable pop-up messages warning them of the dangers of running an unsupported operating system, Windows 10 will still work.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Writing when you're barraged by distracting notifications is even harder.—
Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
10 May 2024
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The show was plastered on multiple jumbo screens inside the establishment.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Johnson hopes plastering perpetrators' faces on the city website will deter them from illegally dumping.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
9 July 2025
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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
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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
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With Iran's military battered from an intense 12-day war with Israel that also involved direct U.S. intervention, China is emerging as top candidate to provide advanced weaponry that could help Tehran reestablish deterrence as tensions continue to simmer across the Middle East.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Disneyland could finally overtake Florida’s Magic Kingdom as the top theme in the world if new attendance figures announced by Disney CEO Bob Iger push the Anaheim theme park past the larger rival that was battered by hurricanes in 2024.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
18 July 2025
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This is the first time a studio has put tickets for sale this early in advance, but considering Nolan has a loyal army of fans large enough to sack a city, there certainly won’t be any shortage of uptake.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen backed former boss Christian Horner before he got sacked by the higher-ups at the racing team.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Within weeks, the U.S. nuked the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hastening the end of World War II while killing more than 200,000 civilians.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The United States had nuked and napalmed Japan yet afterward promoted the Japanese economy assiduously.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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In fact, the entire original Potlatch Club, once a 1960s and ‘70s hideaway for elites and celebrities — including Greta Garbo, Cliff Robertson and Richard Widmark — had been swallowed up by nature, looted, lashed by hurricane winds and long forgotten.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
9 July 2025
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Stores in downtown Los Angeles were broken into and looted, and some of the downtown area was vandalized with anti-ICE and anti-Trump graffiti.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 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 25 Jul. 2025.
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