slammed

Example Sentences

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Bannister said they had a "a lot of doors slammed on our faces", and while some organisations liked the idea, they couldn't help them.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

TKO didn’t respond to a request for comment, while White House spokesman Davis Ingle defended the UFC event and slammed critics.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Newsom slammed the post, saying on X, “Manipulating a voice in an ‘ad’ like this one should be illegal.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

A parliamentary official known as Black Rod will have the door of the lower chamber House of Commons slammed in their face, a tradition that symbolises parliament's independence from the monarchy.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Sixty-six million years ago, give or take a few centuries, an asteroid about the size of Manhattan Island slammed into Earth near what we now call the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin