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bashings

noun

plural of bashing

as in thrashings

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And the former running back, who may be suffering from too many blows to the head, shot back that none of those players were drafted by the Steelers.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
And in a single season, a high school or college football player absorbs an estimated 600 to 1,000 subconcussive blows.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of blows

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The fight took a physical toll on LaPenna The physical side of the fight became pretty clear once LaPenna started trading punches with the robots.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Canada’s import bans Washington may be taking a light touch approach to the AI industry, but the administration is pulling no punches with Canada.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

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May 9 Atlanta 7, at Dodgers 2 Blake Snell gave up five runs in three innings and the Braves got 12 hits overall, 11 of them singles.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Downstairs, Angelica focuses on all-day European brasserie hits—rabbit rillettes, gravlax, and pickled cucumber salad—while the Bar Gambit leans moodier and more underground, attracting a particular post-work creative Fitzrovia crowd.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of hits

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These 16 slaps are lucid and adventurous, featuring random Jay Electronica warblings, DJ Quik rhythms, and a couple of surprisingly appropriate Westside Gunn vignettes.

— Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
The Mother was the destination, but the slaps, pineapple, goat, and countless detours made the journey worthwhile.

— Erin Strecker, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of slaps

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Here was Jay, drawing a line between the increasingly popular molly raps of the 2010s with his own penchant for luxury garments.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
In another era, his hard-nosed coke raps could have blown up in a much cooler way, say, during the 2010s blog era.

— Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026

Definition of raps

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Koltai asks visitors to communicate their expectations and boundaries, but acknowledges that people can feel violated and that staff aren’t always present or equipped to monitor encounters.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2026
The 2011 film is told through three outlaws’ expeditions and encounters through 1870s Texas.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

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