1
as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules
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2
as in licked
to strike repeatedly
always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back
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The combination of sugar snap peas and whipped tofu with a sizzling oil drizzle is a meatless stunner.—
Ellie Krieger,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026 -
Merchants in fine suits rode in carriages or on sedan chairs while enslaved people lugging carts and crates wore dirty, threadbare clothing and could be publicly whipped or burned to death for misbehavior.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
9 June 2026
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The district attorney's press release states that Edwards was at the bar with her then-boyfriend, Jordan Hyder, when Vega’s girlfriend unexpectedly licked her face.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
13 Nov. 2025
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The carcass was gone, the grass and weeds were licked clean of blood, and the knife was buried under debris.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Amazon slashed prices on this season’s trendiest styles just in time to bundle up as temperatures plunge.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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If the department does not comply, Hegseth’s travel budget would be slashed by 25% until the relevant videos are turned over, according to the legislation.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
8 Dec. 2025
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The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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The same day that the nanny allegedly beat Walter, other caregivers slapped and flogged his siblings, including with shoes and wooden sticks.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The media flagged and flogged it for AI incompetence.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Still another round of storms pounded the area Saturday night into Sunday morning, likewise bringing down trees and causing flooding.—
Asal Rezaei,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Waves are not expected to be as big as those that pounded the shore last week and led to the deaths of two people.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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The Giants followed that up by getting thrashed by the Eagles in Philadelphia this past Sunday.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The home teams are winless in the American and National League Championship Series after the latest letdown here on Wednesday, when the visiting Blue Jays thrashed the Mariners, 13-4, in Game 3 on the AL side.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The risk now is that the oil shock, like the previous supply shocks that have battered the economy since the pandemic, proves to be sticky.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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But in a 10-round bout at the official Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the champ’s face battered and ego bruised, the Marine won by unanimous decision.—
Theodore R. Johnson,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026
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“Birched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birched. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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