walloping

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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

I am expecting Liverpool to win too, but I don’t think it will be an absolute walloping.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Just last December, this team was embarrassed by the Raiders in a 63-21 walloping.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2024

“And the Jelly Slugs? And the Acid Pops? Fred gave me one of those when I was seven — it burnt a hole right through my tongue. I remember Mum walloping him with her broomstick.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling