Thesaurus results for POMMELED

pommeled

verb

variants or pommelled

past tense of pommel

as in licked

to strike repeatedly the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy

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Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026
As flames licked at the fabric and smoke curled toward the ceiling, an overcapacity crowd of more than 1,800 panicked, rushing for the exits and jamming against doors that opened inward.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

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The Ukrainians have also pounded Russian refineries, resulting in more than 50% of the country's capacity coming offline, the analyst said.

— Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 July 2026
But the Thai-style of salad—a combination of sour (som) and pounded ingredients (tam)—can be applied to a wide array of produce.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 July 2026

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Some lashed out at United’s fan representatives — volunteers who have been working behind the scenes to try to help.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Beijing lashed out at the European Union after the latter fined AliExpress, the largest Chinese e-commerce platform in the bloc, more than half a billion euros over the uncurbed sale of counterfeit goods on its site.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

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Traveling away from one’s homeland often meant being battered by the seas and landing on foreign soil seeking food, water, and respite.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
Pitching was supposed to be the strength Heading into the season, pitching was viewed as the Marlins’ clearest strength before the staff was battered by injuries.

— Tyler M. Carmona July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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As thousands of professors at in the University of California system say the students entering their classrooms are increasingly under-prepared for university-level math, the university’s timely graduation rates just hit all-time highs.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Average daily rates in Miami hit $302 for both game nights and eves, according to AirDNA.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

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Runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt from Drew Cavanhaugh, and Luis Arraez knocked the game’s first run across with a sacrifice fly to center.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
The figure knocked, appeared to exchange words with someone at the door and was then allowed inside.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

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Iran has also repeatedly attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
OpenAI was evaluating its artificial intelligence models’ ability to exploit vulnerable software when instead the models hacked the infrastructure surrounding the test, broke containment, and attacked a real company, OpenAI revealed on July 21.

— Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026

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