wallop
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All the indications are that Maeda will leave Celtic this summer, exiting with a crash, a bang and a wallop.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
U.S. airlines have already canceled nearly 6,000 flights through Sunday ahead of a winter storm expected to wallop two-thirds of the United States over the weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Bold works can hit with such a wallop that it takes a beat to gauge their lasting impact, to tell which set of brass knuckles left a mark: love or hate?
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
Even so, the 10th-placed Seagulls are one of those teams where just when you think about writing them off, they will come up with a performance and wallop someone.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
“And do what, Clare? That human who tried to wallop me was huge! And that look in his eyes when he was smashing your mushrooms? He’s a maniac!”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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