pummel

The film’s brilliance comes from Wain and Marino knowing how to pummel the viewer with jokes while measuring each punchline’s individual weight.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

If Knicks fans need me to stand in a public square and pummel me with rotten vegetables, please name the square and vegetable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

Inter, the three-time European champions who are currently 10 points clear at the top of Serie A, were expected to pummel their visitors in an attempt to turn the tie around.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

This week, investors became very worried that rapidly-advancing AI capabilities offered by companies like Anthropic are going to pummel any company with services that include enterprise software.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

Shame and guilt pummel me, but my anger is real, too.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

"So matter just pummels directly onto the surface, at very high speeds, like an asteroid hitting the Moon."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by the weather phenomenon El Nino pummels large parts of Somalia.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Lethal landslides are common in the area when heavy monsoon rain pummels Myanmar between May and October.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023

The sheer force of their thousand-pound bodies pummels the dirt track's hazardous slings — but only after first funneling through the narrow cabling of their spindly forelimb ligaments.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2023

The waterfall pummels the water around us, and a lifeguard ushers us to the hill.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

In Brighton, onlookers filmed as a section of the West Pier fell into the sea as it was pummeled by large waves.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The year after that, heavy rains pummeled the burn scar, burying buildings and vehicles under mud and debris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

A succession of heat waves pummeled the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The country's third-largest city was pummeled by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday, along with swaths of Colombia's coffee region and western coast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Soon, it’s hailing and it sounds like we are being pummeled with pebbles.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Ukraine's energy network, already pummelled by Russian attacks over more than four years of war, was buckling under the high temperatures on Monday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The group pummelled the bot with more than 1,000 prompts to bypass the safeguards and convince Claude they were allowed to test the system for vulnerabilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Also on the main card, rising Frenchman Benoit Saint Denis pummelled New Zealand's Dan Hooker with a second round technical knockout in the lightweight.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, parts of Western Australia were pummelled by Tropical Cyclone Luana over the weekend.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

I’d looked at Kat’s little finger, and imagined Dad going around it, in miniature, stretched and pummelled into an odd-looking, living ring.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Other spots show the former WWE champion delivering similar messages while hang gliding with a raccoon and pummeling a large rock into a sculpture of his face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Experts stress that the key is to start preparing before storms begin pummeling the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

High fuel prices are pummeling the freight sector.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

With intense heat pummeling many parts of the world this summer, I tracked down Ed Ballard, who covers climate change and the energy transition, shvitzing in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Its trunk was bent almost double, and its gnarled boughs were pummeling every inch of the car it could reach.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

The heatwaves pummelling Europe this summer will have costly impacts on industries ranging from agriculture to tourism -- but that hasn't stopped stock markets from hitting all-time highs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Rohit reached his century in 84 balls and continued to harangue the England attack, pummelling the opposition with his trademark powerful pull shot.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The study only looked at data up to 2024, however Emerton said the heatwaves already pummelling Europe this year suggest the trend has been continuing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

“Artificial Angels” captures the pummelling wrongness of internet-assisted living in 2025.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

Sinking his fingers into nothing—a shadow boxer pummelling frenziedly at space.

From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Wallace Smith