pelted

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Take an incident in late 2023, when environmental protesters pelted O’Leary with a pie in his face—an episode the CEO credits with spurring a 6% rise in bookings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

But his small group was quickly overwhelmed—and pelted with water balloons.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

The most viral moment came when Joe Wilkinson was giving a mock-serious speech about the RNLI, only to be pelted with a giant ball of pink paint, for no apparent reason.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

The next week, Hogan, now wearing black and white, got pelted with garbage again.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

The wind still screamed, the rain still pelted, the river still raged, but he felt in some sort of harbor.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig