wallop
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On this occasion, he tried to wallop the spin of Tharindu Rathnayake over long-on and was stumped by a distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
Pilots wallop another outmatched opponent while waiting to be tested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
For what it’s worth, the film boasts a wallop of a final line, which hits at the sickening reality of what it’s like to be both a child and a parent in America today.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 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
By using the “Net Rating” metric from college basketball stats guru Ken Pomeroy, it’s possible to measure how thoroughly a team wallops its opponents on both ends of the floor, adjusted for strength of schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
He wallops his first ball to the boundary and then promptly heads back to the pavilion.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
Bayona’s take on the tragedy wallops its viewers with 2 hours and 24 minutes of unrelenting intensity.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
As another winter storm wallops the West, the mountains will receive much-needed snow, but states including Oregon will also see significant freezing rain on Saturday.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
The piano rills through its finishing measures, and then the static wallops back.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
But who speaks for the little guy being walloped?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I wondered, though, if there were any retired Dodgers out there who might be thinking they’d have walloped more home runs if they’d had the advantage of warmer air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Clement and the law firms walloped the government.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
In terms of this game, going to Sunderland is still a tough game - even though the Black Cats were walloped 5-0 by Nottingham Forest last time out at Stadium of Light.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The reader of Unweaving the Rainbow opens the book and is walloped with a reminder of the most dreadful fact we know, and on its heels a paradoxical elaboration.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Surging healthcare costs are walloping U.S. workers, and they will only worsen next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He can get revenge by walloping the next pitch for a hit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
But, by any measure, England's 48-7 win was a walloping.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
Guided by visionary coach Curt Cignetti, Indiana has spent the College Football Playoff walloping blueblood programs like Alabama and Knight’s Oregon Ducks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
“It just keeps walloping me over and over, and it’s like it’s the first time every time,” he says in a husky voice.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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