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as in hammering

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verb

present participle of paste

as in whipping

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 slapping

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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To be clear, do yourself a favor and don’t ruin your March by copying a pasting a Golden bracket. —

Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026 Transfers that could happen Arsenal gave Leeds United a pasting in the Premier League on Saturday, cantering to a 4-0 win at Elland Road, but there was bad news at the end of it. —

Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026

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All medical specialties have rules for filling out their notes, and ABA providers shouldn’t need the state to tell them that copying and pasting the same summary for each session, as the inspectors found in some cases, wasn’t good enough, Bimestefer said. —

Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026 At the entrance, busy setting up tables and pasting ISIS flags onto the wall, was Abdul Hadi. —

Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pasting

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Once the roads open and the Miura’s tachometer sweeps past 4,000 rpm, your ears are nourished by a cultured snarl that builds to a hammering roar.

— Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 18 May 2026
Wrexham were fourth bottom of the fledgling table after the third of those three losses, a 3-1 hammering by Queens Park Rangers.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 May 2026