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“We have a red-flag system here, where if there’s anything that gets really out of whack, they can immediately tag the milk, and it doesn’t go to anything but cheese,” McAfee told me.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The bad news boomerang of Lord Mandelson's appointment continues to whizz around and whack this government at regular intervals - and inflict ongoing headaches.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“My immune system and digestive system got all out of whack over the past couple of three years,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

That could be one more whack than the piñata can handle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

Even so, his best friend had taken a really good whack from that bear.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Tech shares have taken their share of whacks in the past few months.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

Speculative effort from Martina Piemonte, who from around 40 yards out whacks the ball towards the Arsenal goal.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024

Next to a concrete-block outhouse, he whacks balls off a tee using a crude bat fashioned from a tree branch.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023

Wright took the initial shot, then Kartye took three whacks at the rebound.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

Stare at her till John-John whacks me on the arm with his rolled-up comic book.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

Will Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media behemoth Meta Platforms get whacked with a legal judgment equal to its entire $1.4 trillion stock-market value?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Indeed, as the band, including Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Lewis and Schwartzman, performed the Bobby Fuller Four’s single “Let Her Dance,” Murray indeed whacked the hell out of that thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

For all its association with AI, Palantir is still a software company and software stocks have gotten whacked in 2026.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

In other words, even though businesses no longer have to pay the emergency tariffs, they are still getting whacked by sundry other border taxes, including his national-security tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

When Byron’s fourth Swedish Creme left his hand I knew that if the bird didn’t move he was going to get whacked.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Buttler made 33 from 20 before Walter combined with the destructive Heinrich Klaasen and the pair added 114 off just 52 balls, with Walter whacking eight sixes and Klaasen four.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

So now he’s whacking Canada harder for punching back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Markets are treading water due to other concerns too—notably private credit and ongoing fears about artificial intelligence whacking software and services companies.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

Ellie Kildunne, whose concussion symptoms must have eased judging by the way she was whacking a pitchside drum, has more obvious stardust to her game.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025

When I stumble out of my bedroom, still in my nightclothes, a whacking sound alerts me that Mama is on a cleaning tear.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse