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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
Deadly storm systems also battered the state in 2023 and last year, spawning straight-line winds, possible tornadoes and powerful thunderstorms.
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Barely two weeks into the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the Milwaukee Brewers’ roster – especially their pitching – has been battered by injuries.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across the Midwest after deadly, severe weather battered the region -- and the threat is continuing along the East Coast.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
The Rust Belt, battered by decades of decline, could see a renaissance in Ohio or Michigan.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Barely two weeks into the 2025 Major League Baseball season, the Milwaukee Brewers’ roster – especially their pitching – has been battered by injuries.
—Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across the Midwest after deadly, severe weather battered the region -- and the threat is continuing along the East Coast.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
The Rust Belt, battered by decades of decline, could see a renaissance in Ohio or Michigan.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battered
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A day earlier, Michigan's Upper Peninsula was pounded by heavy snow and high winds gusting up to 50 mph resulting in blizzard conditions and whiteouts.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Orioles pounded the Red Sox on Monday without any of their starters, relying on hard-throwing prospect Zach Fruit and a slew of youngsters.—
Jacob Calvin Meyer,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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Its conservative stances resulted in its office being bombed by left-wing labor activists in 1910, killing 21 and wounding over 100 in one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
27 Dec. 2024
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An entire Arab nation bombed into ruins.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Dec. 2024
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Workers who were motivated by their belief in public service are being attacked on a daily basis.—
Gary Phelan,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2025
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The conflict began after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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In at least four of the heists, the thieves threatened their victim with a gun; one victim was pistol whipped, cops said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
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At the final whistle, James ran onto the field and whipped a towel through the air.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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By one estimate, a single square meter of ground may be pelted with 100 million bacteria during every hour of a rainstorm.—
Carl Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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Pico and others have pelted the PFL with criticism.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The managers were followed by the drum major—not an ordinary drum major beating time for a band, mind you, but a performer out of the books, an artist with the baton.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
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Comcast beat on a consensus estimate for revenues at $29.68 billion for the first quarter.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Shaken after being assaulted by a patient, Dana ends her shift by taking down the family photos she’s taped around her workstation.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The boy was lured into the Huntington Long Island Rail Road station, where he was robbed and assaulted, investigators said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Eazy The Block Captain and Shields also hopped into the fray, with Eazy disputing Papoose’s claim that he was punched unconscious and challenging him to a fight.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Cops released photos of an unknown assailant on Saturday who punched and slashed a straphanger in the face after an argument inside a Brooklyn subway station last month.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Battered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battered. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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