pummel

Example Sentences

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If oil prices go significantly higher, that could pummel spending and employment, prompting the Fed to cut rates to prevent a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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

Modest stock declines tend to make investors—and many pundits—fret that a catastrophic decline is about to pummel the market.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

A 9-year-old boy in Kentucky was swept away by flood waters on Friday, one of at least nine people to die in a series of dramatic storms that continue to pummel the US.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

On account of the heat, there are still a few actual bathers on the beach, but I am content to sit in shorts and T-shirt and watch the ocean pummel the sand.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich