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trounce

[trouns] / traʊns /


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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

No one had expected them to trounce the other two sixth grades, but they did.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

On the west coast, Canada trounced Qatar 6-0 during a match in Vancouver.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

But anyone mistakenly picking food supplier Sysco near the peak laughed all the way to the bank as it trounced the internet darling’s stock performance for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

In New York’s 10th District, former city comptroller Brad Lander trounced Rep. Dan Goldman, a fairly mainstream Democrat, by a whopping 31 points.

From Salon Jun. 24, 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

In June of that year, Ulbrickson’s varsity had attempted to redeem itself at the annual Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta in Poughkeepsie, New York, but Cal had trounced them again, by five lengths this time.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

Chinese automakers are trouncing rivals in markets around the world with sleek, high-tech and affordable EVs and hybrids.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Shares are up 17% over the past month, trouncing the broader market.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 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

Within months of its debut in 1996, Blue’s Clues was trouncing Sesame Street in the ratings.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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