battered
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Despite remaining offshore, Hurricane Simon battered Mexico's Pacific coast with powerful winds and flooding.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Soon enough, a battered pickup pulled in behind me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Large waves from Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel battered homes across Southern California over the weekend, leaving some properties at risk of collapse.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Wide swaths of the Southwest were deluged Sunday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel weakened and moved inland, but coastal communities already battered by high surf emerged with less damage than some officials feared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
In April, a group of Inuit hunters encountered the battered Advance and its sickly crew.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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