battered
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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
Pleasanton, Calif.-based Workday’s stock, which is down about 40% this year, has been battered by investor fears that artificial intelligence chatbots and large language models will make conventional business software obsolete.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Shares of Figma, which have been heavily battered since the company’s public listing last year, have risen 14% since last Thursday.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
The statue, bruised and battered by its fall, ultimately went back up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
The men on the quivering, battered boat were mad with terror, all except one who thought only of Alcyone and rejoiced that she was in safety.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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