battering
Example Sentences
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Beginning with tobacco, they refitted the dusty doctrine as a battering ram and swung it at guns, lead paint, opioids and oil companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
EU leaders are struggling for consensus on how much to restrict imports that are battering their industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Internet access took a battering ram to information’s door, sending dizzying amounts of data our way overnight.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
So, Tory HQ is braced for another battering, just as they suffered last year when, as one member of the shadow cabinet admits, "we were in a total mess".
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
At least a dozen people swarm around Link, battering him with backslaps and high fives.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
