wallop
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They also wallop small businesses, which typically pay tax at their state’s individual rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 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
The Getty Museum’s groundbreaking Pride Month show is provocative and important, and the timing packs a wallop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Those primal, instinctive bonds pack a wallop when they're severed.
From Salon ● May 10, 2025
Maddie landed the Anson into wind with a wallop, and Dympna kept her hands to herself, letting Maddie do it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
There he wallops American culture in all its manifestations.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
That’s not the only way higher inflation wallops seniors.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
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
Just to be doing something she picked up a ten-penny nail and drove it into the steps with a few good wallops.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Mr. Huling describes a cave in Florida that was walloped by a powerful, once-in-a-century hurricane, drowning almost all of the 4 million bats inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Last October's Hurricane Melissa – the strongest in Jamaica's history – walloped the island's agricultural sector, while it was still recovering from Hurricane Beryl the year before.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Clement and the law firms walloped the government.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
Consumers are cutting back on how much they’re spending to fill up their gas tanks these days, and most household budgets are still getting walloped by higher prices.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
I didn’t quite understand the point of watching your terrible team get walloped, though the air- conditioning was reason enough for me.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
“Best and Last’s” flashbacks are a walloping reminder that Knoxville is inimitable: a telegenic and extroverted entertainer with a charisma he wields like a skunk aims its stink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
Marseille climbed provisionally top of the French Ligue 1 on Friday after walloping woeful Nice 5-1 in a one-sided local derby with fireworks on and off the pitch.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Reports suggest about 16,000 fans watched the walloping at Walton Heath.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
There was a walloping buzzing in my head.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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