battering
Example Sentences
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Discovery could lead to massive job losses, battering an already fragile L.A. entertainment economy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
US tech and chip giants including Nvidia, Intel, Micron, and Broadcom took a battering, dragging the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But for many investors it’s been a painful period, as the recently uberpopular semiconductor sector takes a battering.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
A whole hour later, tired, our knees bloody from battering them against the rocks we had to climb, we found Auk XIV.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
