spank
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Liverpool are not just in the top half, they are a top team and they are in top spot - and they are going to spank them.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
Putin responded that “it’s better not to spank children and not to cite traditions,” but agreed that “unceremonious interference with the family is unacceptable,” and promised to review the law.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
La Russa pledged “there will be a consequence he has to endure here within our family” and joked he wouldn’t spank him because he’s “too big and strong.”
From Slate ● May 19, 2021
November saw Tottenham spank Chelsea at Wembley and Manchester City claim victory in the first Manchester derby of the season.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2019
“It doesn’t matter what I believe. The hospital’s gotta spank somebody, and I was an easy target. It’s just the way things work.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Kecmanovic, though, spanks a forehand into the corner then a backhand onto the sideline to save it, only to tamely go wide shortly afterwards; can he do it again?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2022
Perhaps it’s because it’s by and about women that it spanks the whole bunch of “prestigious” puzzle TV shows, by never letting the puzzle swamp its characters or their psychologies.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2019
For another thing, the movie effectively spanks snobs who claim that people aren’t into books anymore.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2018
An increasingly pivotal Gerrard spanks a shot yards wide.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2010
Then that tot raises his small hand and spanks the huge buffalo on the jaw.
From The Wonders of the Jungle Book One by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar
