walloped

past tense of wallop
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Recent Examples of walloped Indiana walloped the defending champion Aces, 109-75, and Cunningham came off the bench to score 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 In the rubber match of the series, Paul Goldschmidt timed up a fastball in his first at-bat, then walloped a curveball in his second at-bat. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 June 2026 After being walloped by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, this waterfront town has been hard at work rebuilding and is now back and better than ever. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 June 2026 This ecosystem is periodically walloped by hurricanes that strip its canopy and blanket the forest floor with tree branches and leaves. John Kominoski, The Conversation, 10 June 2026 Instead, the Lancers got beat, got walloped actually, 7-0, on their own field. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026 Angels walloped by the Athletics Nick Kurtz had three hits and five RBIs, Brent Rooker and Zack Gelof homered and drove in three runs apiece as the Athletics beat the Angels 14-6 on Tuesday night. Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 In the East, the Detroit Pistons dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder walloped LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers by 18 points. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The two shots gave the Celtics — who had walloped the 76ers in two of the first four games and won another in the clutch — a 13-point third-quarter lead. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walloped
Verb
  • Bluefin tuna crudo is gently pounded and spread with a Peruvian-leaning tomato tear, lemon threads and olive oil.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Russia has relentlessly pounded civilian areas of Ukraine, even though Moscow insists its forces target only military facilities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Arcila scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box in the 50th, then whipped the go-ahead goal past Óscar García for his fourth goal of the tournament.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The bullet apparently whipped across the cab and struck Salgado in the stomach.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Wood stayed in the game for a lengthy bottom of the seventh, during which Phillies outfielder Derek Hill smacked a go-ahead grand slam to stir the crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
    Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Earlier this month, Kennedy lashed out during an interview on CNN over vaccine and public health policies.
    Daniel Payne, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The singer also lashed out at her parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, on social media.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On that November night 22 years ago, Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace went up for a layup, where he was met and clobbered by Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Overnight, motorists were seen driving gingerly in the Avondale neighborhood as heavy rain and strong winds clobbered the streets.
    Darius Johnson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That was a new record and only once before has the number of moves hit double figures.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Bryce Eldridge hit his 12th home run, an impressive opposite-field shot.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.
    Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment.
    Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Inter Miami, which won the tournament in 2023 shortly after Messi’s arrival, reached the final again last year but was trounced 3-0 by the Seattle Sounders in front of a sellout crowd of 69,314.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Yet Milwaukee had the best record in baseball last year, and they still got trounced by the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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