pasting

Example Sentences

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A pasting at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain might have coloured their last European campaign but Inter got to that final by seeing off Bayern Munich and Barcelona in epic knockout ties.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

While pasting the new “Virgencita” poster, she notices an older one of hers to the left — a portrait of transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson — hanging half ripped.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The U.S. botched copying and pasting a relatively straightforward warship already in service in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Some are nicknamed jumping genes because they literally jump around, copying and pasting themselves into different parts of our genome just as if they were still viral invaders.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

He will stand at his desk folding and pasting and cutting until twelve o’clock at night.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque