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lash

[lash] / læʃ /




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In an era in which everyone howls about everything, and ranting in public is considered negotiation, head coach Lance Taylor refused to lash out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Our full training in the summer helps us support kids that are actively experiencing trauma; they may have behavioral issues and we don’t want to lash out back,” eighth-grade teacher Melody Stambaugh said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Characters forced to make do either lash out, like raging overreactors on Lee Sung Jin’s petty, brutal “Beef,” or fall into holding patterns, like the unlucky in love leads of Issa Rae’s dramedy “Insecure.”

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

"All dogs can be dangerous if they're not brought up correctly, if not raised the right way, if in pain they can lash out, they can bite."

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

“Bite onto a couple of those branches, gang. I’ll strip some bark off this log. We’ll lash together a raft and float these puppies home!”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Entire communities have been swept away, leaving families homeless and using makeshift shelters as heavy rain lashes down.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The paranoid chart-topper lashes out at his close associates and rivals alike.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

The solid, stolid, self-satisfied Edwardian England that had seemed so deserving of his lashes was itself now wounded, and something in Galsworthy shifted accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Jack Osbourne, the youngest child of Ozzy Osbourne, lashes back at Roger Waters’ bashing of the “Prince of Darkness” and his music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

But her great eyes, with their elaborate lashes, could only be those of a grown woman; there the resemblance to adolescence ended.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick


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