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lashed

[lasht] / læʃt /


ADJECTIVE
whipped
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Iran lashed out at targets including energy infrastructure in countries such as the U.A.E., a key commercial conduit to the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

At intervals of 20 years and sometimes more often, it has lashed and splashed us, turned our living rooms into muddy aquariums, swept away our cars and houses, and sometimes hundreds of Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Sudden downpours can trigger mudslides—an unexpected hailstorm lashed Drolma’s SUV as she drove her haul back to town on the recent August day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

On Tuesday, hundreds of Asian Games athletes in Japan were briefly evacuated from their accommodation as record rainfall lashed host city Nagoya.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

And the anger with which she had lashed out at me now ricocheted back on herself.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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