as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
the pirate captain threatened to horsewhip any of his crew who questioned his orders
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While eating at the restaurant with her parents, Black begged for her own tasty drink and the bartender whipped one up, naming it after her.—
Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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Oversized boards and platters layered with cheeses, charcuterie, fresh produce, whipped butters and compotes serve as both menu and décor, encouraging guests to snack, wander, and eat at their own pace.—
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Team engineers have been beavering away, clawing back downforce slashed in the new rule definitions for how cars need to look and behave.—
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Police said the 30-year-old victim was stabbed in the back and slashed in the neck.—
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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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The California economy was lashed all year by tumult in Hollywood, which has been hit by a slowdown in filming as well as media and entertainment industry consolidation.—
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To be publicly flogged for how much Pa permitted us to do — that felt grossly unfair.—
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There are traditional Finnish saunas (dry heat/steam), infrared saunas (radiant heat), Turkish baths/hammams (can include a venik ritual where guests are flogged with branches) and Russian banyas (high-humidity steam).—
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These scourged the poor harder than anyone else.—
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Five players were booked during their defeat to Cameroon, including Foster, who slapped the linesman’s hand twice and screamed in his face in frustration over a decision.—
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Its tail slapped the surface of the water, marking la paiche’s territory.—
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Instead of slamming it home, Antetokounmpo soared over the defenders to make an improbable catch, landed and flicked an on-target pass to Rollins for a corner 3 before falling out of bounds to give Milwaukee a 14-point lead.—
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After initially suspecting a bullet or debris flicked up by a truck, the police ruled out both.—
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“Horsewhipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horsewhipped. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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