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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
children battered the piñata until it broke open
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Recent Examples of batter
The Stars have now lost six straight games (0-3-3) after getting battered Tuesday night by those same Hurricanes that Colorado stormed back against three days prior.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
The machine that usually hums with ruthless efficiency looked broken, battered, and completely devoid of answers.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Heavy wind and stormy seas battered the Adriatic coastline in Croatia and Montenegro.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
That has certainly been the case for some consumers, battered by inflation and high borrowing costs that have sparked an affordability crisis.
—Mari Sato, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
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Weir picked up his first guitar licks from David Nelson and future Jefferson Airplane member Jorma Kaukonen.—
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Other photos showed Owen proudly licking the faces of his owners and getting some hugs and pats from the reality star, her husband and children.—
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Fighter jets bombed strategic targets in Panama City and Colón, while ground forces dismantled the Panamanian Defense Forces.—
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If Venezuela and its region instead spiral into chaos and suffering, Trump will merely look like a bully, a president who cowers when facing the mighty — in Moscow or Beijing, say — but bombs those who can’t return fire, whether in Nigeria, Yemen or Venezuela.—
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As wind continues to pound the camp, a wooden pole delicately holds up the tarpaulin keeping him dry.—
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This is a chest-out, table-pounding call to arms for Orlando NFL fans who’ve spent way too long waiting for permission to care.—
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Investigators later linked the handgun to shell casings at the scene, the affidavit said.—
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In 1948, Zionist forces shell Jaffa, where Sharif (Adam Bakri) resides with his wife and children, including sensitive youngster Salim (Salah Aldeen Mai).—
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Trump has also repeatedly lashed out over the state’s incarceration of Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of state felonies related to her attempts to prove discredited election conspiracies shared by the president.—
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According to Augustinus Bader, apply to brows and lashes morning and night.—
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There first was the Bryce Young pass that was batted into the air that fell safely to the turf.—
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One of the first indelible images Ramsay conjures is of Grace crawling through the grass, wielding a large knife, carelessly batting overgrown weeds, while Jackson swigs from a bottle of beer, baby Harry bouncing next to a grocery store birthday cake.—
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There were some frightening moments early Monday for a Miramar man after police say he was pistol whipped during a home invasion and his French bulldog was stolen.—
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Or whips around his defender in a bold pirouette.—
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Still seething after a sloppy 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions, Johnson wasn’t hiding his dissatisfaction with a defeat that seemed to diminish his team’s momentum.—
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But the jury in the federal civil lawsuit found that Moore violated Gillispie's rights by hiding evidence that would have helped Gillispie's defense and creating unfair lineup procedures for the victims.—
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“Batter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batter. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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