1
as in abuses
to abuse physically
demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police
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as in licks
to strike repeatedly
the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up
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Recent Examples of mauls
Kenny Rosarion,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
Martin mauls Arlington in 8-6A Arlington Martin got 20 points from Steven Reynolds III and 18 more from Levi Moore as the Warriors blasted Arlington 92-46 in a District 8-6A game on Thursday.
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Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2026
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Bain would immediately give the Dolphins an elite, powerful edge defender who mauls blockers in front of him and fits the 4-3 base defense coach Jeff Hafley wants to play as a traditional defensive end.
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Kenny Rosarion,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
Martin mauls Arlington in 8-6A Arlington Martin got 20 points from Steven Reynolds III and 18 more from Levi Moore as the Warriors blasted Arlington 92-46 in a District 8-6A game on Thursday.
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Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mauls
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New York City’s child welfare agency routinely abuses its emergency power to take children from their parents without a court order, creating lifelong consequences for families, a new class-action lawsuit seeking to end the practice alleged Thursday.
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People deserve a government that watches out for our people’s best interests, not one that abuses its powers and sells us to the highest bidder.
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Food stands also debuted that year, with ribs sizzling along with the blues licks.
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At one point in a dinner scene, Shields' Erika licks Joey's fingers.
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There’s Xi Jinping mogging Bibi Netanyahu while deafeningly aggro phonk bludgeons away; hype montages paint Marx as history’s greatest theorist and pair Zohran Mamdani quotes with Playboi Carti Die Lit cuts.
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Chevalier, who’s running with the vocal support of Mayor Mamdani, attacks Espaillat as being too moderate and a supporter of Israel.
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But what if Iran’s proxy Hezbollah attacks Israel?
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Teams go bonkers when the player pounds their school name on the bracket.
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Rain pounds down in a stinging curtain.
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Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed sidewalks with sledgehammers to toss at riot police.
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Workers use sledgehammers to pound stakes for the big top, then toss the sledgehammers to each other in a sort of juggling routine.
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All seems lost when a group of Stormtroopers ambushes the crew, but IG-11 heroically sacrifices himself to save them.
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Thurman stars as The Bride, left for dead after her former boss and lover Bill ambushes her wedding rehearsal, shooting her in the head and stealing her unborn child.
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The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails.
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In the fourth minute, Meschack Elia whips a ball across the box to Bakambu, eight yards from goal.
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“Mauls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mauls. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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