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trounces

verb

present tense third-person singular of trounce

as in buries

to defeat by a large margin our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote

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Recent Examples of trounces More importantly, the 10a barely improves on the 9a, and the iPhone 17e trounces them all. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026

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Skip the lengthy, generic description that buries the actual job.

— Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.

— Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026

Definition of buries

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And that’s a lot of energy to shed as a vehicle comes blaring back into Earth’s thick atmosphere, a process that typically annihilates objects returning from space unless they are precisely designed to survive the trip.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Matter is so dominant in our universe that any antimatter typically encounters matter quickly and annihilates.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026

Definition of annihilates

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Each seat then flattens down individually, its headrest sliding outward to create space to drop in the extension cushion that stores on the back of the seat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Whether the fabric thins or the loop texture flattens after any cleaning attempt — the point to stop and call an upholstery professional.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of flattens

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This could be the first year that solar beats gas in California’s power mix.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
When measured against the modern perimeter icons who preceded him, James beats Jordan and Bryant on points scored, Magic Johnson on assists dished and Larry Bird on titles won.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of beats

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Instead of floating crosses in, Saka either whips his deliveries low near the six-yard box or works a slightly more central position to cut the ball back with a firmer connection.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026

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