smacking
Example Sentences
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The firm was flayed in 2018 by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington, D.C., for engaging in what he labeled a “high-tech shakedown ... smacking of extortion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Naomi Long, Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive, said she was "fully supportive of removing the defence of reasonable punishment", which would effectively ban smacking children in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The Department for Education in England said the government had no plans to change the law on smacking, but that the safety and wellbeing of children was a government priority.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Scotland became the first part of the UK to outlaw physical punishment of under-16s with a ban on parents smacking their children becoming law in 2020.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
He scampers off, his feet smacking the concrete until they’re barely a thump.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
