banged away (at)

verb

past tense of bang away (at)
as in buffeted

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  1. buffeted
  2. battered
  3. besieged
  4. beleaguered
  5. ravaged
  6. barraged
  7. bombarded
  8. surprised
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  • OpenAI’s salesforce buffeted by change, leadership turnover Rajic’s predecessor, Dresser, also approached her work with notable intensity.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Growing worries over whether Big Tech’s massive investments in artificial-intelligence technology will translate into profits and whether chipmaker stocks have soared too high in the euphoria around AI have also buffeted share prices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of buffeted
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  • Kevin Fujii / Honolulu Civil Beat via AP Other islands were also battered, including Oahu, where maximum wind gusts topped 50 mph.
    — Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The wealthy city’s economy was also battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of battered
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  • In recent months, Israeli settlers have repeatedly besieged the village of Qusra, defying orders from the authorities to leave the area and trying to force Palestinian families, some of whom are also American citizens, out.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.
    — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of besieged
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  • Manmade infrastructure on California’s coast has been battered and beleaguered in recent years — even without El Niño.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In New Jersey — a state beleaguered by waste and high costs in its public health plans — teachers and other school workers face premium hikes of 34% next year.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of beleaguered
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  • The fire that ravaged a beloved Grosse Pointe Woods country club was originally called in as a kitchen fire, officials say.
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The barren English countryside has been ravaged by a plague that killed half the population.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ravaged
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  • Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of barraged
Verb
  • Frank Peavy testified Millete hired him off a freelance website, then bombarded him with requests to cast spells on his wife, CNN affiliate CBS8 reported.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Chieftain Rajah Tupas resisted the Spanish for nearly a month before Legazpi bombarded local villages, forcing Tupas into a settlement.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • Some were excellent in ways that surprised me and compelled me to see more, some were familiar or forgettable, and others even at just a few minutes in length felt unbearably long.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • According to an industry report by Luminate, the first half of 2026 saw a 16 percent surge in CD sales — and you might be surprised by who’s buying them.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of surprised
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