battered
Example Sentences
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A sprawling winter storm that battered southern, central and eastern U.S. states with heavy snow and frigid temperatures over the weekend has left several people dead and continued to snarl air travel and power grids.
The wind will also be a threat, as strong winds from Goretti and Ingrid have already battered parts of the UK this month, notably in south-west England.
From BBC
The next few weeks could also be a turning point for select software stocks, many of which have been battered recently by fears that AI could greatly disrupt their business models.
From MarketWatch
The trigger of the latest protests was the collapse in the value of the local currency, the rial, which drove up import costs and fueled inflation in an economy that was already battered by sanctions.
Years of deflation battered the yen and cut profits for Japanese companies.
From Barron's
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