- present participle of flog.
flogging
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When he was first brought into the attack on day three, Head pounced immediately, flogging boundaries from each of the Durham seamer's first three balls.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
But opportunities like last week’s flogging of the new Porsche 911 Turbo S on Circuito Ascari are rare and require considerable schlepping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
After witnessing a sailor’s flogging, Cândido led a revolt against regular whipping by officers in 1910.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Of the twelve members of the committee, five were elsewhere, flogging some or another piece of legislation.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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