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Recent Examples of rout
Verb
But the Eagles put on a show to rout the defending champs 40-22. Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025 But if Day and Kelly trust their outside playmakers and steer closer to a game plan of Tennessee and Oregon, Ohio State could rout Notre Dame and end the night early. Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
Takeaways from the Pacers’ rout of the Thunder in Game 6. Ticketing links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. and Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 21 June 2025 The Rays put the finishing touches on Sunday’s rout when 21-year-old phenom Junior Caminero drilled a three-run home run off Ryne Stanek in the ninth. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rout
Verb
  • There can be ways to overcome the objections of the people who are concerned that new technology will make their jobs obsolete.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Media outlets subsequently outed him as gay, which led to mental health difficulties and harassment of Sipple's family.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Bezos and de Becker's claims came in response to a story by The National Enquirer that shared personal text messages between Sánchez and Bezos, outing their relationship.
    Alexia Fernández, People.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • How to Train Your Dragon scored a solid lead in its second week at the box office, taking in $37 million domestically and $90.5 million globally and trouncing its competition.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 June 2025
  • For 2025, the 1,064-horsepower ZR1 began trouncing European competition, backed by a thundering Detroit V-8 soundtrack.
    Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The hydraulic anti-roll can get slightly upset on bumpy roads, however, as a friend chasing me on a liter bike noted on a Malibu pullout.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Each morning, a small herd of bulls runs through the village streets, chasing thousands of participants clad in all white with red scarves.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • An Italian meringue involves carefully and slowly drizzling a hot sugar syrup into egg whites while whipping them.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • The comet will also whip by Mars on October 2 at 18 million miles (30 million kilometers) from the red planet.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus called strike three on Rockies outfielder Tyler Freeman, and he immediately got ejected after arguing the call.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • Until 2006, patent holders could presumptively obtain a court injunction that ordered infringers to stop using their invention (akin to a landowner’s legal right to eject trespassers camping on their property).
    Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Trump said military pilots who successfully bombed Iran will be guests for a flyover of military planes during the patriotic ceremony.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 July 2025
  • The Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran in June concluded shortly after the United States intervened by bombing Iranian nuclear sites with 30,000-pound bunker busters dropped by strategic B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Vera, the daughter of a Russian father and Korean mother, may be banished to second-class citizenry.
    Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • During those frenzied years in the 1960s and 1970s, authorities banished Xi from the capital and subjected him to solitary confinement and physical abuse.
    JOSEPH TORIGIAN, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025

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