whack

Example Sentences

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Trump later told reporters that a gunman he described as a "lone wolf" and a "whack job" had charged through security screening just outside the ballroom.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Torsten Slok, Apollo chief Economist, thinks something is out of whack in the Treasury market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

“It may be that the ring can detect something out of whack but then our bodies fight it off,” Ricky Bloomfield, the chief medical officer at Oura told me in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Fan Georgia Prickett, 27, previously told the BBC that "as soon as the artist releases their date, the hotels whack up their prices".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

And when the food comes, me and King always throw the fortune cookies at each other and try to whack them to pieces with the chopsticks.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds