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“Basically, I became another person,” she said, adding that her hormones felt out of whack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

“We have a red-flag system here, where if there’s anything that gets really out of whack, they can immediately tag the milk, and it doesn’t go to anything but cheese,” McAfee told me.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The truth is college sports have always been a little out of whack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The bad news boomerang of Lord Mandelson's appointment continues to whizz around and whack this government at regular intervals - and inflict ongoing headaches.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

It had become so dirty during her travels that the Swanburne laundry had volunteered to take a whack at cleaning it.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The symbolism whacks you like a 90-pound dumbbell: Being more manly solves everything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

They keep count as Raffy whacks a baobab fruit eight times or note which arm he uses to do so -- although chimps are normally left-handed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

The Oilers’ pulled that goal back on a power play less than three minutes later when Perry took three whacks at the puck before getting it by Kuemper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

Speculative effort from Martina Piemonte, who from around 40 yards out whacks the ball towards the Arsenal goal.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024

“Wrong? Well, it most certainly is not right, I can tell you that much!” she said between heavy whacks to the curtains that hung from our frosted windows.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Sepinwall recalled how, back when “The Sopranos” first aired in the late 1990s and 2000s, most people were watching it at the same time, making it easier to avoid spoiling who got whacked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Indeed, as the band, including Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Lewis and Schwartzman, performed the Bobby Fuller Four’s single “Let Her Dance,” Murray indeed whacked the hell out of that thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

For all its association with AI, Palantir is still a software company and software stocks have gotten whacked in 2026.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Mitchell finished unbeaten on 25 off 14 balls while Santner whacked 17 not out off eight as New Zealand won with 13 balls to spare.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

The iceman whacked his spiky tongs into a block of ice and hoisted it out of his truck.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The 28-year-old started patiently, reaching her half-century off 63 balls after Bouchier dominated the strike early on, before kicking on and whacking her next fifty off just 37.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Buttler made 33 from 20 before Walter combined with the destructive Heinrich Klaasen and the pair added 114 off just 52 balls, with Walter whacking eight sixes and Klaasen four.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

So now he’s whacking Canada harder for punching back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Markets are treading water due to other concerns too—notably private credit and ongoing fears about artificial intelligence whacking software and services companies.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Well, I wouldn’t just start whacking at it or we might be dead before noon. We need to be careful. Delicate, precise hits on the clasps.”

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner