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whomping

verb

present participle of whomp

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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Goalkeeper Emi Martinez floated a ball over Ezri Konsa to Rogers, who exchanged passes with Joao Pedro before shifting sharply onto his right foot and whipping a shot just wide of David Raya’s far post.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Into the work, esparza’s has also added a scene from the Florentine Codex showing a Spaniard whipping an Indigenous person and images of ICE raids in LA and Chicago, connecting centuries of oppression together.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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This design continually reflects the laser inside the stream via total internal reflection, overcoming the need for focal-point or Rayleigh-length adjustments.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Augusto, Marrero, Hernández and countless others have little choice but to figure things out which, in Cuban parlance, means overcoming whatever obstacle is placed in their way.

— Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

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Rashford enticed the Ukrainian, then drove past him on the outside, further beating Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the area, forcing James Tarkowski to slide in to concede a corner.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Both teams are coming off dominant albeit unremarkable opening games after beating FCS opponents at home.

— PJ Green September 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

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Mexican cartels began using explosives more extensively about five years ago, dropping them from drones to attack security forces or rival groups and burying explosive devices in the ground to defend or control territory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Families are burying victims while relatives of the missing wait for answers, as authorities detain the captain, crew and port officials in a widening probe into the disaster’s cause.

— Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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Henderson played one snap in the Cougars’ 33-20 win over Oregon State, throwing an incomplete pass in the second quarter when he was forced into the game after Weigman’s helmet came off.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
It’s been this beautiful thing of throwing stuff against the wall.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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That night, the horse was thrashing and writhing in agony, suffering from the pain of its wound.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Within two weeks, later symptoms may include anxiety, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, being very thirsty but panicked by fluids, having lots of saliva and aggressive behavior like thrashing and biting.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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In 2025, the United States joined Israel in bombing Iran, and in 2026 the United States and Israel launched a full-scale war with the initial objective of regime change in Tehran.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
The status of its nuclear program, degraded by bombing strikes in 2025, hasn't changed.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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