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shellacking

[shuh-lak-ing] / ʃəˈlæk ɪŋ /










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The Lakers lost by almost 30 points per game in their four-game series against the Thunder during the regular season, and one of the games was a 43-point shellacking.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Trade-driven gains for industries such as textiles or jewelry are more than offset, markets-wise, by the shellacking India’s IT outsourcers are taking from the global software selloff.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Just not to the extent that players shook hands once India wrapped up their shellacking.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Then they marched into Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday afternoon and found themselves on the wrong end of a 28-7 shellacking by Georgia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

I, meanwhile, stayed home on Euclid Avenue, living upstairs from my mother as another leaden Chicago winter descended, shellacking the trees and sidewalks with ice.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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