flogged

past tense of flog
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flogged
Verb
  • Hakeem actually whipped his members to shut the government down.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Folding whipped topping gently into the pudding mixture keeps the filling fluffy and mousse-like.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Conservatives on social media immediately lashed out at the news.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some Bethpage fans lashed out in a way that added to the embarrassment of the day.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By Dom Luszczyszyn, Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman Coming into last season, the Washington Capitals had taken major steps to improve a roster that, by plenty of measures, had fluked its way into the postseason and summarily gotten stomped in the first round.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When the band quickly left before the encore, the elated, yet sweaty, audience clapped their hands and stomped their feet without virtually anyone leaving the building.
    Josh Chesler, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both teams are currently ranked in the top 10, and as is well-documented, Franklin has struggled in such games.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The food bank has struggled to keep up with demand following the cuts and a decrease in private donations.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The jacket was slashed open by a knife tear in the left front midsection.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And for houses priced from the high $200,000s, Meritage Homes has slashed prices by as much as $75,000 on move-in ready houses.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Show Viz Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest had counter-attacking licked.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Amid the hangover of the 0-4 start, students shuffled out their dorms, lured by free food and faint promise of school spirit at the Rose Bowl.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Restyle Soft Goods Soft goods like accent pillows, throw blankets, and even curtains can be easily shuffled around to refresh your space, Reinhard says.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Except, of course, for that old dinosaur that somehow stumbled into a misplaced DeLorean, fired up the flux capacitor, and time travelled from the stone ages straight to the Uli beach.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Determined to keep searching, Hollie eventually stumbled on a TLC episode featuring a boy named Gio, who also had Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Flogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flogged. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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