as in to descend (on or upon)
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Underneath her coat, Witherspoon wore an ankle-length black skirt and leather round-toe boots.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025 -
Compare with the Met’s full-size cast, from 1985, and these miniatures cleave the collective anguish into distinct emotions — one figure seems mid-dance, one bored, another ecstatic — in a range of patinas, from dark chocolate to leather.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.—
Barbara A. Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Besides moose meat, the aircraft also had a set of antlers strapped to the wing.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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These included two strapping Irish setters, whose owner was relocating to London for work and did not want to risk shipping her pets as airborne cargo.—
Guy Trebay,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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Sylvia scourges herself with an intensity that would make hairshirted flagellants seem soft.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2024
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Social instability and post-pandemic economic pressures fueled surges in migration across the world. 2023 will probably be the hottest year on record, with heat waves scourging every continent, accompanied by other extreme climactic events.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2023
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When the vehicle slowed for a group of kids, Rivera boxed him in.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Just days after boxing Jake Paul in the main event of a match held at Anaheim’s Honda Center, former world champion Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2025
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Jim Wood whacked away vegetation in 2000 on a maze-like trail in Placer County nearly reaching his wits end.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 July 2025
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Agustín Ramírez then whacked a two-run homer off Twins starter David Festa 425 feet to left center.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
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Williams, once an endorsement queen, wore a logo-free black dress and white visor and played uncomplicated tennis, smacking nine aces and attacking at the first strike.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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If so, Denver has a solid duo set to fly around and smack some dudes over the middle of the field.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
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In recent times, the series has been painstakingly flagellating itself for the past.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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In recent times, the series has been painstakingly flagellating itself for the past.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
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