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They took a shellacking in yesterday's game.
suffered a shellacking at the hands of a vastly superior opposition
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The three-game winning streak over the Volunteers -- built via a 49-7 shellacking in 2011, a 24-20 road win in 2015 and a 24-13 home win in the covid-19 year of 2020 -- is the longest active win streak against any SEC opponent for the Hogs.
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Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
On May 23, 2002, the left-handed-hitting Green smashed four home runs, a double and a single, amassing a major league-record 19 total bases and driving in seven runs to lead the Dodgers to a 16-3 shellacking of the Milwaukee Brewers in Miller Park.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
The previous one came against the Green Bay Packers in a wild card playoff loss at AT&T Stadium last January, a 48-32 shellacking that was a lot worse than the score indicated.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The Dodgers’ second straight loss — on the heels of Wednesday night’s 10-1 shellacking at the hands of the Angels in Anaheim — reduced their NL West lead over the San Diego Padres to four games.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
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Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
On May 23, 2002, the left-handed-hitting Green smashed four home runs, a double and a single, amassing a major league-record 19 total bases and driving in seven runs to lead the Dodgers to a 16-3 shellacking of the Milwaukee Brewers in Miller Park.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
The previous one came against the Green Bay Packers in a wild card playoff loss at AT&T Stadium last January, a 48-32 shellacking that was a lot worse than the score indicated.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
The Dodgers’ second straight loss — on the heels of Wednesday night’s 10-1 shellacking at the hands of the Angels in Anaheim — reduced their NL West lead over the San Diego Padres to four games.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Shellacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellacking. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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