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Japanese stocks remain hot, with the Nikkei 225 continuing to trounce the U.S. equities market this year as it posted a fresh record peak on Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Blistering bull markets in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan have helped Asian stocks trounce the U.S. so far this year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, the sumptuous imagery and amiable pacing of “Wuthering Heights” trounce del Toro’s ghastly slog of a film.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

That makes it unlikely that precious metals can trounce stocks the way they did in the inflationary 1970s when gold delivered 15 times the S&P 500’s return.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

We are playing West Charleston High School and they think they’re coming down here to trounce the hicks.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

It also trounces the reported $15 billion bounty that John Paulson scored in 2007 wagering against the housing market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

The fund’s strong performance in 2025 trounces the S&P 500’s 16.1% gain this year through Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025

Amazon trounces both online retailers with 56% of its 268 million unique monthly visits in October resulting in purchases, its data shows.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2023

If Soto sometimes trounces over the lyricism of her lines, she’s always true to Beatrice’s immediate circumstances and never falls into recitation for recitation’s sake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

When very young he deals with the matter in a straightforward fashion, and trounces the author for every unwitting solecism and willing falsification that is discovered.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Edward Fordham Spence

His team was trounced 16–7 by the Kyrgyz side, the clear favourites to win.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

They trounced Rangers on all of the things that require no talent, just honesty.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

In that year, Democrats had been trounced in three straight presidential elections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Tech’s surge trounced the S&P 19.8% rebound over the same period, as the stock market bounced back from a first-quarter selloff that picked up speed after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

At that speed, Seabiscuit would have trounced the track record holder by more than a dozen lengths.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The Russell 1000 Value Index has gained about 20% this year, trouncing its growth counterpart, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, which has declined 1.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Shares are up more than 250% in the past 12 months, trouncing the S&P 500’s 25% gain.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Netting on his debut in a 10-1 third-round trouncing of Exeter, he has been involved in more FA Cup goals than any team-mate this season.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

A quarterback who hadn’t spent all season trouncing the rest of college football might have wilted under the pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Give me Daryl, Keith, and another trouncing any day, I think.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak