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as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin
with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election
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as in slapped
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field
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Recent Examples of pasted
Frances Mitnick, 81, Boston-born, fights back with $300 worth of silver and gold glitter, pasted on the lobby walls from floor to ceiling.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The doors are locked and a notice of non-payment from National Grid is pasted to the front of El Primo Restaurant in Leominster after federal authorities nabbed its owner and three others for allegedly conducting a $1 million SNAP fraud scheme.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
The Broncos had just pasted the Spartans 89-58 and were riding a four-game winning streak, after starting 1-5 in conference play.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
Posters calling for statewide action and promoting the protest march and rally are pasted in the windows of businesses near the University of Minnesota.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
Dan could see no footholds ex‑ cept a crystal shaped like a domino pasted onto the rock.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
While the San Francisco 49ers came up short of the Super Bowl this season — a phrase that has been copied and pasted into this column space every winter for the last three decades — the mood inside the losing locker room in Seattle was defiantly optimistic.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
Once dried, botanicals can be mounted in frames, turned into greeting cards, or pasted into scrapbooks and journals.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 18 Jan. 2026
Whether stowed in a recipe tin, pasted in a book, or safely tucked away in a memory, family recipes are part of what makes cooking so special.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The doors are locked and a notice of non-payment from National Grid is pasted to the front of El Primo Restaurant in Leominster after federal authorities nabbed its owner and three others for allegedly conducting a $1 million SNAP fraud scheme.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
The Broncos had just pasted the Spartans 89-58 and were riding a four-game winning streak, after starting 1-5 in conference play.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
Posters calling for statewide action and promoting the protest march and rally are pasted in the windows of businesses near the University of Minnesota.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
Dan could see no footholds ex‑ cept a crystal shaped like a domino pasted onto the rock.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
While the San Francisco 49ers came up short of the Super Bowl this season — a phrase that has been copied and pasted into this column space every winter for the last three decades — the mood inside the losing locker room in Seattle was defiantly optimistic.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
Once dried, botanicals can be mounted in frames, turned into greeting cards, or pasted into scrapbooks and journals.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 18 Jan. 2026
Whether stowed in a recipe tin, pasted in a book, or safely tucked away in a memory, family recipes are part of what makes cooking so special.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasted
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Oil prices whipped from nearly $120 per barrel, their highest since 2022, back toward $90.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices whipped from nearly $120 per barrel, the highest since 2022, back toward $90.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The administration has also slapped tariffs on some specific products, including steel, lumber, and cars.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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The ingredients aren’t random cocktail names slapped onto standard drinks — they’re built to match the films.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
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Japanese warplanes attacked, torpedoed and bombed the ship, which caught fire before flooding and slowly sinking.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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On Friday, September 13, 1940, Nazi forces bombed Buckingham Palace in London.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors said, on Friday, Marshall punched her 11-year-old son in the face, giving him a bloody nose, and poured dish soap down his mouth and into his ear.—
Shardaa Gray,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Here’s a look at the dates and sites for each conference tournament and the winners that have punched their tickets to March Madness.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Still, China’s broader growth trajectory has flattened, weighed down by a prolonged property crisis, declined investment, tepid consumption and deflation.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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The violence has in effect transformed a strip of territory along Lebanon’s southern border into a no-man’s-land, with villages and towns flattened and about 64,000 people unable to return home.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Something that really smacked me in the mouth is taxes.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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In the opening minutes of the game, Victor Wembanyama drove in transition on Sam Hauser and got smacked in the nose and mouth, going down in pain for an extended period.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Gacho Baba District communication chief, Abebe Agena, said most of those who died were found buried in the mud.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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This was little more than a wooden shack beside a convenience store and a karaoke parlor, all of them run by an enterprising resident who had already buried 200 people in the 12 months since Duterte had taken office, nearly all of them drug suspects.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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The lobbyists, Staples said, had the debate wrapped up tight long before the farmers even knocked the dirt off their boots and entered Congress.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Police said the crash knocked both the operator and his passenger off the e-scooter.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Pasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasted. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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