bashing
Example Sentences
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Paramount declined to comment on the remarks by Hegseth, a former Fox News host who has a lot of experience in bashing the mainstream media.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
When he’s not celebrating the candy, he’s often bashing its owner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
The Australian actor joked that his upbringing "on farms where we were bashing about in old cars" helped prepare him for the car chasing stunts.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
"We have heard a lot of European bashing in the last few days," Lagarde said at the closing session of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss Alps.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
But most guys just got all tense around Joey in normal social situations, like any time when we weren’t out on the pitch and bashing each others’ brains in playing rugby.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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