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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
children battered the piñata until it broke open
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Recent Examples of battered
Super Typhoon Sinlaku battered the Northern Mariana Islands, causing wind damage and flooding.
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CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
For the past three years, a budget crisis has battered Sacramento.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Underneath it all, is a town that’s been battered by hard economic times.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles’ film and TV production crisis, which has battered the entertainment industry’s working classes, is emerging as a key issue in the city’s mayoral campaign.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
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CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
For the past three years, a budget crisis has battered Sacramento.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Underneath it all, is a town that’s been battered by hard economic times.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles’ film and TV production crisis, which has battered the entertainment industry’s working classes, is emerging as a key issue in the city’s mayoral campaign.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battered
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The updraft knifed through the building, whose inhabitants were already suffering without heat or power for much of the winter as Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy system.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The glass began to sway as fans pounded on it in excitement and then gave way, with pieces raining on Smith.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Imagine being a parent of one of the one hundred and seventy-five girls who died when their school was bombed.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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That put out of business one of the country’s largest Klan organizations, the same group that bombed Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963, killing four Black girls.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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When a boy had licked her neck at a party during the first week of college, a stranger!—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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There was one girl who licked doorknobs.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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When the newlyweds arrive home, they are attacked by Naz and his henchman (played by Matt Willig).—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Friday, April 24, cattle breeder Santiago Barrero San Román was attacked by the bull at the San Marcos Festival in the remote southern Spanish town of Beas de Segura, according to El País, ABC and La Razón.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries lashed back at Leavitt.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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Leo has not lashed out, or gotten defensive, or allowed himself to be pulled down into the gutter.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Emery had been incessant in wanting shorter, faster balls from his deeper players, with Villa’s best opportunity of the afternoon stemming from brave passing in combination in the first half, coaxing Fulham onto them before John McGinn whipped a ball into the space behind.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Many in the room whipped out their cameras to start filming, and made the rounds to glean and share details.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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Reza Pahlavi after being pelted from behind with a red liquid in Berlin this morning.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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But it was scheduled on a day when snow pelted the procession — over an 8-mile journey that students walk from Robb Street near Simms Street and West Colfax into downtown Denver.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Here's a look at the pitch that ultimately knocked Jasson Domínguez out of the game.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The girl reportedly freed herself and knocked on a nearby neighbor's door, where she was brought inside to safety.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Battered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battered. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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