whacking
Example Sentences
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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
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
By the time Pages added to the lead in the seventh, whacking his 18th of the season deep to left, the game was already in hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
Local resident Sarah Hill said she could hear the hum of the fans, as well as players calling to each other and whacking balls.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025
Only as we were whacking the mud off our boots by the huts where the sports gear's kept did Mr. McNamara remember the three boys he'd sent to the bridge over forty minutes ago.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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