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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  • 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
  • ServiceNow has been buffeted by fears of the ‘SaaSpocalypse,’ or that autonomous AI agents will undercut demand for enterprise software.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Definition of buffeted
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  • Russia has repeatedly battered the Ukrainian power grid since its all-out invasion more than four years ago.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hurricane Lala battered Hawaii as Category 1 hurricane Thousands in Hawaii remain without power on Monday, as forecasters warn the storm's aftermath could trigger flooding, mudslides and hazardous ocean conditions.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of battered
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  • The second was navigating a WNBA game with a lineup besieged by injury.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • An American’s home is among those besieged by Israeli settlers.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of besieged
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  • The department has been further beleaguered by concerns that leaders manipulated crime statistics to boost its image.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Local government officials have played a key role in orchestrating the competition’s spread, eying the boost for businesses in a domestic economy beleaguered by weak consumption.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of beleaguered
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  • The Syrian civil war, which started in 2011, killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions more and has ravaged the country’s economy.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The region ravaged by the quakes is also scarred by floods that, by some estimates, left as many as 30,000 people dead in 1999.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 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
  • The average consumer is bombarded from every direction with news and shorts and explainers and how-tos.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The agents bombarded local election officials with requests for voting histories and other records, some dating back decades.
    — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • The result surprised the team because semiconductor materials are generally highly sensitive to impurities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Still, with a novice head coach and a new lineup, the Suns surprised the pundits, finishing 45-37 and making the playoffs even for just a moment.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
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