as in whipping
to defeat by a large margin
the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs
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Video from Camiguin Island, posted by the Philippines Department of the Interior and Local Government, showed fierce winds and ocean water whipping past houses onto a residential street.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025 -
After whipping Minnesota 22-6 on the road in Week 2, the Falcons were shut out by the Panthers in Week 3.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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The researchers spent years overcoming these issues before finding a condition that worked consistently.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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After being stuck on a boss, eternally forced to run back and replay swaths of danger for just another slim shot at winning, overcoming most challenges feels less like triumph and more like someone’s mercifully loosened the belt around your neck.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jonathan Kitchen | Digitalvision | Getty Images Companies are throwing lots of money into artificial intelligence tools and services, particularly agentic AI, in many cases without truly understanding what these offerings actually do.—
Bob Violino,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hurts led the Eagles' furious comeback, throwing three unanswered touchdown passes.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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As others faltered, a 3-0 win against Bristol Academy meant Liverpool retained the title, beating Chelsea on goal difference.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Colorado opened the season with a 27-20 homefield loss to Georgia Tech before beating visiting Delaware 31-7.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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K’Lavon Chaisson provided the biggest splash plays by clobbering Rodgers twice and tallying his own run stuff.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Global stocks are clobbering their American cousins this year.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Goldberg stared blankly into the camera before fully burying her head in her arms.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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No more burying the hardest, darkest parts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Saramalacara Saramalacara made a splash with 2024’s Heráldica, a thrashing electronic opus that touches on everything from spirituality to rebirth to general internet brainrot.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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There were only two upsets this week, with Indiana thrashing Illinois 63-10 and Texas Tech knocking off Utah 34-10.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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Though Roan is a total force on stage, polished and magnetic while trouncing around a set made to look like an illustrated fairytale castle, the show is not without her signature frankness.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
21 Sep. 2025
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After an uninspiring 10-9 win over Kennesaw State, Wake Forest bounced back in a big way, trouncing Western Carolina 42-10.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Whomping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whomping. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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