Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bashings
Noun
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Her tenure was marked by downward-trending stock prices and a series of blows to the company’s image.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Unfortunately, Starmer’s Labour government seems bent on inflicting even harsher blows very soon.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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But amid the coronation for their crosstown rival, Gottlieb was looking for anything that told her this Trojans team could take some punches and also give some back in March.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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In addition, it will be designed to deliver long-range missile punches instead of engaging in dogfights.—
David Szondy
March 01,
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, neighbors can still hear the thumps.—
Tyler Jett,
Des Moines Register,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The unfolding war in the Middle East has ricocheted across the region, with nearly every country sustaining damage from missile hits or shrapnel, many reporting casualties, and key embassies, economic engines and passageways closing down.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Between them, Cal Quantrill, now off to pitch for Team Canada in the WBC, and Austin Gomber have allowed 19 hits and 11 runs in 7⅓ innings.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In this world, items are paid for by receiving slaps to the face.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Europe has long underspent on defense, and where American cajoling for decades had not worked, a few face slaps succeeded.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The trembling bass mixed with faded talk-raps (somewhere between fakemink’s blurry party reports and SoundCloud-era Nav’s fame-hungry melodrama) feels like listening to Mustard’s pop-rap formula from inside the club bathroom.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2026
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The multilingual performer raps in French, Arabic, and Milanese slang.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the lawsuit, more than 30 people gave statements under oath describing similar encounters with immigration agents.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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After violent encounters between protesters and federal agents who used tear gas on the crowds, the state stepped in to secure the protest scene with personnel from the Illinois State Police, Cook County sheriff’s office and Broadview Police Department.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Bashings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bashings. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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