battered
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Taylor Morrison is a stalwart in an out-of-favor industry battered by high mortgage rates and expensive housing prices—the kind of company that Buffett eagerly snapped up for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
They crushed Lamar 19-6 on Saturday and then battered Texas State.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Rubio's offer came after Russia battered Ukraine over the weekend -- including firing its Oreshnik hypersonic missile -- and following a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
US consumer inflation in April came in at 3.8 percent, a three-year high, with American households battered by years of above-expected price increases since the pandemic.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The little boat shuddered and swayed, and then they were past whatever it was and only the hurricane battered them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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"My Papa's Waltz"
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