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"He absolutely didn't deserve that. Some of those fans should take a long, hard look at themselves for the way they mocked him. I hope Villa go there and spank them, just because of that."

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

He also chides West for leaving his orthodontic retainers out on the countertop, a light spank from elder to child.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

Putin responded that “it’s better not to spank children and not to cite traditions,” but agreed that “unceremonious interference with the family is unacceptable,” and promised to review the law.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

I’ve come a long way—I very rarely yell, never spank, and I’m generally responsive and caring.

From Slate ● May 18, 2021

We might therefore assume that parents who spank are unenlightened in other ways.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Kecmanovic, though, spanks a forehand into the corner then a backhand onto the sideline to save it, only to tamely go wide shortly afterwards; can he do it again?

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2022

Perhaps it’s because it’s by and about women that it spanks the whole bunch of “prestigious” puzzle TV shows, by never letting the puzzle swamp its characters or their psychologies.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2019

For another thing, the movie effectively spanks snobs who claim that people aren’t into books anymore.

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2018

EST 16:30 85 min: Ribéry and Alaba combine down the left, and from Alaba’s cross, Robben sets up Müller, who spanks it into orbit.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2016

"If Sammy Pinkney tries to be a pirate, and carries my Mrs. Eland off in any such horrid way," declared Tess with much energy for her, "I hope his mother spanks him good!"

From The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in by Grace Brooks Hill