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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 truth is college sports have always been a little out of whack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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

A bright sky is a signal that it’s daytime, so getting that signal at night throws all of that out of whack.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

I got several murals up, but most of them have been tagged by other people, which is whack.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

They keep count as Raffy whacks a baobab fruit eight times or note which arm he uses to do so -- although chimps are normally left-handed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

Down the way on the Third Street Promenade, resounding whacks of pickleball volleys pop out of a 1960s-vintage storefront last occupied by shoe seller Adidas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025

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

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024

“FDA whacks one product and then the manufacturers get around it and the kids get around it,” said Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, a Stanford University psychologist who develops anti-vaping educational materials.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2023

Her judgment is so heavy it’s like it whacks me over the head.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

"Next thing you know, I get whacked for a six."

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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

Clara thought about ignoring him, until his tail whacked her beak.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Two big loans that were made during the postpandemic boom in private-equity buyouts are defaulting, whacking some private-credit funds and ratcheting up losses in the already troubled corner of Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

From repeatedly whacking steel with a heavy hammer to sitting sweat-drenched by a hearth for hours, the daily grind of blademaking is also not for the faint-hearted.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 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

That was Gum Baby whacking me upside the head as she climbed onto my shoulder with a yawn.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia