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[flog, flawg] / flɒg, flɔg /


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Valued at $852 billion, OpenAI does not need to flog $45 Bloop-the-bot-covered tote bags that say “Building Things.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

You’re not out to fleece anyone with egregiously high commissions or merely befriend another member because you want to flog the latest financial product.

From MarketWatch May 29, 2026

“If you’re right here at the top of the curve, functioning at a high level, if I flog your nicotinic receptors, you’re actually going to have a decline in performance,” he adds.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2025

"They have to flog some of this stuff off, to recoup some of the losses that they've made. And he's quite wily in recognising that."

From BBC May 14, 2025

“Half the time you don’t even bother locking it. You’re probably hoping someone’ll flog it so you can collect the insurance.”

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

And it has a sense of humor, opening with a sidewalk preacher who flogs her Bible app.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2025

Hawley's character are as outsized as ever, and the mythical Fahr-goh accent still flogs the ear – but the overwrought, flowery speeches that drowned the 2020 season aren’t as overwhelming.

From Salon Nov. 21, 2023

There’s an equally queasy undercurrent in “Shattered Glass,” which flogs a glass ceiling metaphor.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2014

Avon flogs make-up and skin cream under its own brand.

From Economist Apr. 4, 2012

In doing this he sometimes flogs about him pretty lively with the whip.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

Tilak Varma flogged Archer for two sixes and a four in the final over, but it was not enough.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Scores of bare-chested flagellants with covered faces walked barefoot through the dusty streets of Pampanga province's San Fernando as they flogged their backs with bamboo whips in scorching heat.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

Needing 254 for victory – a record in this competition - after being flogged around Wankhede Stadium, Bethell hit a scarcely believable 105 from 48 balls to threaten one of England's all-time white-ball victories.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

He flogged England for six sixes - the third bringing up his first ODI century in 77 balls and the sixth sealing the highest successful chase in a global 50-over tournament.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2025

The Sicilian flogged his mind to find an answer, but he found only failure.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

But opportunities like last week’s flogging of the new Porsche 911 Turbo S on Circuito Ascari are rare and require considerable schlepping.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2025

India looked on course for a thumping win when Rohit was flogging the New Zealand seamers, with the tournament's leading wicket-taker Matt Henry absent because of injury.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2025

After witnessing a sailor’s flogging, Cândido led a revolt against regular whipping by officers in 1910.

From Seattle Times Jan. 29, 2024

“See,” he said, “they come quickly; they are flogging the horses, and galloping as hard as they can.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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