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

In front of a heavily pro-Michigan crowd, the Wolverines leaned on their expensive new additions to pummel UConn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

Tornadoes, thunderstorms and blizzard conditions are forecast to pummel parts of the eastern US.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 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

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

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

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

As “Seinfeld’s” library cop, Hall verbally pummels Jerry with his rat-a-tat delivery while brandishing his index finger like a loaded Glock, the Inspector Javert of the stacks.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022

I assume she’s talking to me, but when she gets to us, she pummels right into Rhiannon.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

Our expectations of normalcy were pummeled into submission long ago.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

But the production crisis, which has rocked Hollywood and pummeled its workforce, has reached a critical juncture.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

Hermès International, trading at 34 times earnings, saw its stock get pummeled on Wednesday after the luxury-goods maker reported slower-than-expected first-quarter sales growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Hermes International shares, trading at 34 times earnings, got pummeled on Wednesday after the luxury-goods maker reported slower-than-expected first-quarter sales growth.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

Scattered thunderstorms pummeled Florida’s east coast, with wind gusts up to fifty miles per hour.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Senator Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada's detention came nearly a year after revelations over massive corruption in flood control projects -- a matter with serious consequences in a country pummelled every year by major typhoons.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 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

With baseline power anchoring her game, the 27-year-old Belarusian has pummelled opponents on the way to nine WTA titles and created a clear gap at the top of the world rankings.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

Fourth seed Amanda Anisimova pummelled doubles specialist Katerina Siniakova into submission on Thursday in a "crazy" Australian Open second-round clash.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 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

At a Dr. Jack seminar held in a furniture store, Cheadle’s unrecognizable cameo competes with kids jumping on a couch and a spasmodic massage chair pummeling Corvette’s face.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

After a shock reverse against the lowly Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, the Knicks got back into their stride with a lopsided pummeling of the Sixers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

A San Diego man was killed Wednesday morning after a tree fell on him, the third death linked to the storm pummeling Southern California over the holiday, the San Diego Police Department confirmed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

In India, the unexpected pummeling by a putative partner has led to anger and soul-searching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

“Okay, okay. Just wondered if you’d seen the large iron monster heading your way. Looks like the ones you’re pummeling now, only ten times bigger? Maybe gives the orders?”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

Denmark needed one goal to guarantee automatic qualification and send Scotland to the purgatory of the play-offs - and they were pummelling Belarus in pursuit of it.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

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

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

Anisimova, who won the WTA 1,000 title in Qatar earlier this year, went for broke, pummelling her shots to rescue a break and keep in touch.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025

As the consequences of that pummelling subsided, the conditions which led up to it forced themselves upon him with such horrifying immensity that he fairly staggered under them.

From What's-His-Name by Fisher, Harrison