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Consequently, any great jump in spending by hyperscalers may clobber stocks that carry great weighting in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Meet the next Asian film fighting style that will clobber Hollywood slap-happy just as Hong Kong wire-fu spawned “The Matrix” and Indonesia’s “The Raid” begot “John Wick.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

"If you live in a small house, you don't want all this clobber."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

At least they don’t reach out to clobber nearby cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

“That’s why you’re asking all these questions. You’re not worried about Maya, you’re worried about the baby. God, I’m so going to get a five on this AP test. I’m going to clobber it.”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

But if it clobbers Oklahoma State and Oregon struggles vs.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

Game 3, with Muncy back in the lineup, he clobbers the Giants, again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

Popular media hasembraced the terms, using them when a snowstorm clobbers an area that usually gets little snow.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2022

Mickelson’s not quite out of it, three back of Mattiace as he clobbers his drive on the 15th.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020

That line of hers clobbers me over and over.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

That team held a players-only meeting after falling to 0-3… then got clobbered, 27-0, by the Houston Oilers in Week 4.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Razaullah, the 21-year-old batting at number nine on Test debut, clobbered 81 from 63 balls at Edgbaston.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

This has eased some of the regulatory risk that has clobbered tobacco shares since the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The Chinese factory that opened in the U.S. and clobbered its rivals.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026

Suddenly his chest constricted, pain clobbered a shoulder, he almost toppled backward into the tub.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

“The Last House” and “The Whisper Man” have both outperformed “Don’t Say Good Luck,” with “The Whisper Man” clobbering both in the number of hours viewed after just a few days on the streamer.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Apple finally overthrew Nvidia to reclaim the title of the world’s largest company by market capitalization, underscoring the dramatic degree to which the iPhone maker’s stock is clobbering the broader technology universe.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The shift of manufacturing jobs to less expensive states in the South, or to Asia, started clobbering many Midwestern factory towns in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

He put himself on the Ashes radar by clobbering 183 for Australia A during a red-ball series against Sri Lanka A in Darwin this year, with his form continuing in the Sheffield Shield.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

Out in the dust-clouded yard, Riker’s tyrannosaurus leaned down and gobbled up a man in a prison uniform, then swept its tail in a wide arc, clobbering two knuckleskulls and sending their riders flying.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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