Thesaurus results for CLOCKING

clocking

verb

present participle of clock

as in hitting

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner sick of being insulted, he swung around and clocked his tormentor hard enough to knock him off his bar stool

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Recent Examples of clocking In a sense, bees went from wild foragers to shift workers, clocking in for bloom season as beekeepers hustled them from farm to farm. —

Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 The Razr+ and Razr Ultra got more expensive this year, clocking in at $1,100 and $1,500, respectively. —

ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026 Kubicek’s full script also called for fifth graders to play characters like the Unit Monster, Erin Wolfe, the Sloth, and of course, the Famous Mockingbird; though some of the most complicated Gamehendge numbers weren’t performed, the story was told in full — clocking in at around 75 minutes. —

Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026 Yet people who casually imagine themselves clocking the president and walking away victorious are clearly not experiencing themselves as helpless. —

Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 In New York City, the TV doctors are clocking in as Noah Wyle and Patrick Dempsey snap a sweet pic at the Warner Brothers Television Group Upfront Toast, while in Nashville, Mandy Moore and Chrissy Metz enjoy a This is Us reunion at the special screening of The Breadwinner. —

People Staff, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026 By June of 2025, an early cut of Michael was reportedly clocking in at four hours long, leading the filmmakers to consider releasing the film in two parts even then. —

Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026 Related Stories Each show will have about 60 episodes, with each episode clocking in at a snappy 60-90 seconds. —

Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 May 2026 The region has some of the world’s longest working hours, with laborers there often clocking more than 2,000 hours a year compared to around 1,700 in the US, and close to 1,400 in Germany. —

Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 May 2026

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Jocytė finished with three points in 16 minutes, most notably calling for an isolation against Clark and hitting a 3-pointer in her face.

— Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Not even the bonus of a Yeremy Pino free kick hitting both posts yet somehow staying out could help Rayo respond.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 May 2026