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Now after the wallop of success thanks to “Obsession” and with Oscar-buzz on her name, Navarrette is able to be choosier about the roles she takes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

And just when you think you can’t possibly have an emotional connection to what you’re watching, a sudden wallop to the gut punches the tears right out of you.

From Salon ● Mar. 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

“They figure if they can make it all the way to Washington, well, that’d be a wallop and a half for the morale of the Union.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

There he wallops American culture in all its manifestations.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 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

With dazzling ballroom performances, juicy drama and wallops of heartache throughout, “Pose” tells the story of how we got to this drag-obsessed culture and shows why the art form’s history is so important today.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

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

Harry Byrne walloped the restart after Lucu's try dead, and while Bielle-Biarrey also kicked one long, the ball brushed Keenan's hand on its way through.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

Clement and the law firms walloped the government.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

Even the defending-champion Thunder, who walloped James’s short-handed Lakers in Game 1, aren’t immune.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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

In the first stage King Pellinore and Sir Grummore stood opposite each other for about half an hour, and walloped each other on the helm.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Surging healthcare costs are walloping U.S. workers, and they will only worsen next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“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

And it definitely had nothing to do with her fellow competitors walloping her at the race yesterday.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas