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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
children battered the piñata until it broke open
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Recent Examples of battered
Iran’s supreme leader was killed Saturday, alongside several other senior military officials, leaving the Islamic regime battered, but still able to launch attacks across the region.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
Questions now hang over who will succeed the Middle East’s longest-serving head of state, and what comes next for a nation already battered by war abroad and dissent at home.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
Playing without Brown, who sat out with a knee contusion on the first night of a back-to-back, Boston battered the shorthanded Suns 97-81 at the Mortgage Matchup Center to remain perfect on its West Coast road trip.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Video uploaded to social media shows the officers being battered by snowballs outside the rest rooms as dozens of parkgoers crowd around filming the cops and jeering at them.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
Questions now hang over who will succeed the Middle East’s longest-serving head of state, and what comes next for a nation already battered by war abroad and dissent at home.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
Playing without Brown, who sat out with a knee contusion on the first night of a back-to-back, Boston battered the shorthanded Suns 97-81 at the Mortgage Matchup Center to remain perfect on its West Coast road trip.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Video uploaded to social media shows the officers being battered by snowballs outside the rest rooms as dozens of parkgoers crowd around filming the cops and jeering at them.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battered
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Hezbollah also fired rockets, as Israel pounded targets in the suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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Shay Whitcomb of the Houston Astros hit two home runs in back-to-back plate appearances, teammate Bo Gyeong Moon pounded a grand slam and Jahmai Jones of the Detroit Tigers added a solo shot in the eighth inning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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During the 12-day war [between Israel and Iran in June 2025], it was actually bombed.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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At Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures, the oldest carving factory in America, a team of former archaeologists and butchers creates ephemeral art designed to be licked, touched, and eventually, lost.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
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Iran, Israel and the United States also have attacked oil and gas facilities since the war started, worsening supply concerns.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Its national oil company declared force majeure after the country’s sole oil refinery was attacked.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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One of Milwaukee's more controversial landlords lashed out at a city council member and city inspectors.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Maza drew in Hamburg players before flicking the ball on for Kofane, who lashed it into the top-left corner.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices whipped from nearly $120 per barrel, their highest since 2022, back toward $90.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices whipped from nearly $120 per barrel, the highest since 2022, back toward $90.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hail the size of golf balls or larger also pelted the region.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Jordan High’s campus hasn’t been rocked by explosions, pelted with shrapnel or blanketed in layers of toxic, metallic dust.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The lobbyists, Staples said, had the debate wrapped up tight long before the farmers even knocked the dirt off their boots and entered Congress.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Police said the crash knocked both the operator and his passenger off the e-scooter.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Battered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battered. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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