bashing

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Advocates gave a “know your rights” workshop and Amalfitano led a piñata bashing, what the store owner called “a communal form of catharsis,” encouraging students to let out pent-up emotions in a safe way.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

In a letter to Judge Engelmayer to support his bid for a lighter sentence, Kwon expressed remorse for bashing critics who had warned about TerraUSD’s depegging risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

You could see the whole field from there, and you could see the two teams bashing each other all over the place.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger