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as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders
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as in lashed
to strike repeatedly
was fined heavily for flogging a horse
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as in stomped
British
to move heavily or clumsily
for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child
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as in struggled
British
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away
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Recent Examples of flogged
The same day that the nanny allegedly beat Walter, other caregivers slapped and flogged his siblings, including with shoes and wooden sticks.
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Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
The media flagged and flogged it for AI incompetence.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
To be publicly flogged for how much Pa permitted us to do — that felt grossly unfair.
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Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
There are traditional Finnish saunas (dry heat/steam), infrared saunas (radiant heat), Turkish baths/hammams (can include a venik ritual where guests are flogged with branches) and Russian banyas (high-humidity steam).
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
The media flagged and flogged it for AI incompetence.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
To be publicly flogged for how much Pa permitted us to do — that felt grossly unfair.
—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
There are traditional Finnish saunas (dry heat/steam), infrared saunas (radiant heat), Turkish baths/hammams (can include a venik ritual where guests are flogged with branches) and Russian banyas (high-humidity steam).
—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flogged
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Haaland leaped and whipped a header toward the corner of the net — only for the goalkeeper to make a save.
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The menu features Mediterranean delicacies, starting with mezze like hummus, muhammara (a walnut and red pepper dip) and whipped feta spreads.
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With two strikes and two outs in the ninth inning, Turner lashed a single to center.
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Photos of Hammett in the garment eventually caught the attention of Swifties, who lashed out at the guitarist on Reddit and social media.
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On Monday night, a 39-year-old man wearing a Spurs jersey was stomped and punched after Game 3 while walking down West 47th Street, about 15 blocks from the arena.
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It's been 33 years since Jurassic Park first stomped into theaters, and blockbusters haven't been the same since.
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Additionally, both of those players have struggled to provide consistent impact as finishers at the rim and aren’t useful as shooters.
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The Volkswagen Group has struggled with its internal software division (Cariad) for years.
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In Baghdad, thousands marched through the streets, including some who slashed their heads with razors and performed other forms of self-flagellation in a show of grief to mark the occasion.
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After the subsidy was slashed to $15 million, Tri-Rail’s management said the railroad would run out of money by mid-2027 if more money was not provided.
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In Huntington Beach and San Clemente, the messy, wild waves licked the bottom of the pier structures.
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When the tiffin is returned licked clean, Ila sends another meal but with a note, leading to a rich correspondence between the two.
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The resulting 6° to 7° C of global warming shuffled the makeup of plant and dinosaur species on land and caused a mass extinction of corals and other marine species.
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The company has since shuffled several leaders, including naming a new human resources chief and the company’s first chief digital officer.
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Once seen as the Fox News for the next generation of conservatives, the Daily Wire has stumbled over the last several years.
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Through a connection, Jobs stumbled upon what was then the computer animation division of Star Wars creator George Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm and was immediately impressed, wrote Walter Isaacson in his biography of the Apple cofounder.
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“Flogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flogged. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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