banged

past tense of bang
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as in slammed
to shove into a closed position with force and noise stomped off to his room and banged the door

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Recent Examples of banged Moshobane outworked Sacramento midfielder Danny Crisostomo for the ball and banged it into the far side of the net. Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026 Nosková banged an ace to set up her sixth championship point, then sent a 115 mph serve that Muchová couldn’t return to seal the match. Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026 It was rewarded when Baena broke in on the left side and lifted a pass to an unmarked Porro, who banged home an emphatic header for his first international goal. ABC News, 2 July 2026 Haaland and his teammates sat on the wet pitch as Ødegaard banged the drum. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 Soon, the players on the field joined in, sitting down and rowing as captain Martin Ødegaard banged a large drum. Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 27 June 2026 The Americans gradually amplified their attack centered around Pulisic’s runs — and three minutes after an apparent goal from Balogun was erased by an offside call, Pulisic again drove the left side and got a deflected pass to the trailing Balogun, who banged it home. Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 The small, but spirited, Peruvian fan group in the north stands banged its drums and waved flags, finally able to be part of the party. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026 Founders of Avatech’s mentee companies, seated in front of their laptops, clapped and banged their hands on tables to the distinctive stomp-stomp-clap beat of the song as an electric guitar wailed. Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banged
Verb
  • The adjoining high-rise, built in 1960, was expanded with a 16-story addition that horizontally bumped out the existing top dozen floors and put four more stories on the top.
    Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Marcus Garrett bumped knees with a KSU player in the first half and only played nine minutes, scoring five points.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt from Drew Cavanhaugh, and Luis Arraez knocked the game’s first run across with a sacrifice fly to center.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • The figure knocked, appeared to exchange words with someone at the door and was then allowed inside.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • For the third auction in a row, the price of keeping the lights on across a 13-state swath of the country slammed straight into the ceiling.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • Moments before impact, the restraining orca let go, and its partner slammed into the sunfish like a freight train hitting a watermelon.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • The Ukraine and Iran wars collided over the weekend, as Kyiv attacked an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 26 July 2026
  • One person is dead and another is in critical condition after their motorcycles collided near Kansas City International Airport early Sunday morning, according to law enforcement.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman smacked a 463-foot whopper late last month.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • During pandemic-era lockdowns, when everything from gyms and night clubs to pubs were shut, running exploded in popularity, with Gen Z pushing the surge.
    Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Catcher Will Smith’s timeline to return from a neck injury remains unclear, after the Dodgers temporarily shut him down from baseball activities, beginning around the All-Star break.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • And then, suddenly, a male orca soared into view, belly up, and smashed his head into the dead fish.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • Beyond shooting incidents, a recent American Civil Liberties Union report found dozens of incidents across eight states since January 2025 where immigration officers rammed into people's cars, smashed vehicle windows and struck people with cars.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Since the fire, Southern California’s Air Quality Management District has slapped Lineage with multiple violations tied to the warehouse.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • Yesterday, the European Commission slapped AliExpress with the largest fine yet under the Digital Services Act (DSA), exceeding $625 million.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026

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