clobber
Example Sentences
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“When you get clobbered this bad, they don’t actually expect you to call,” Imholt said, adding that “the voters should always have a choice, and for that I have no regrets.”
From Washington Post
Investors knew full well that the Fed’s interest rate hikes, a necessary but belated response to inflation, had clobbered the bond market.
From Washington Post
The price shock forced central banks to hike interest rates, clobbering stock and bond markets in the process.
From Reuters
Hays then capped off the day in the sixth, clobbering a two-run homer that sailed over the lawn beyond left field.
From Los Angeles Times
“Limbs were coming down,” he said, “but I made it back without getting clobbered.”
From New York Times
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