as in hammering
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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
pounding down the road as fast as he could run
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as in banging
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
pounding nails into boards all day long
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach
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as in drawing
to shape with a hammer
pounding out a depression in the metal
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as in grinding
to reduce to fine particles
the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food
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Recent Examples of pounding
Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
Israel has been pounding Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon for days.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Amid all the heart-pounding fight sequences, plot twists, and the introduction of both new and returning characters, there’s admittedly a lot to keep up with in this seven-episode series, and audiences might be left with some lingering questions about the show.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2024
Israel has been pounding Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon for days.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Amid all the heart-pounding fight sequences, plot twists, and the introduction of both new and returning characters, there’s admittedly a lot to keep up with in this seven-episode series, and audiences might be left with some lingering questions about the show.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounding
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Honorable Mentions My Top Five stays the same as my recent mid-September update, but there was shuffling from #6-10 down the home stretch.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, storm survivors were still scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter three days after Helene first made landfall in Florida.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Multiple governments have accused Pyongyang of supplying arms to Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine, a charge both countries have denied, despite significant evidence of such transfers.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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This region has a way of grinding up attacks that appear to be transformational.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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The racial abuse allegedly took place as Barca celebrated one of its goals in a 4-0 thrashing of its bitter rival at the Bernabeu on October 26, which helped the Catalans boast their current six-point lead at the top of La Liga.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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There was a 3-1 defeat to Sevilla, flummoxed early on by an awkward bouncing ball, and a 4-1 thrashing by Barcelona.Thom Harris, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
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Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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The compelling argument is the Yankees possess enough hitting to survive with Verdugo’s glove outweighing a bat that skidded for the most of the past three-plus months.Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Khaled stood atop their Citroen van, lashing down overstuffed suitcases with rope.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Khaled stood atop their Citroen van, lashing down overstuffed suitcases with rope.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Last Island hurricane The Last Island hurricane killed 400 people after slamming into the Louisiana coast in August 1856.Gina Martinez, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Employees did not respond well to visits from their managers, with some planning to call the police or slamming the door on their supervisors.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
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But beating the Eagles — on the road and in a short week — would certify Washington in a way the previous 10 weeks haven’t.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Video taken early Friday by Bender, a popular YouTube channel, showed a group of men, some wearing Maccabi fan colors, picking up pipes and boards from a construction site, then chasing and beating a man.Henry Austin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The lips don’t have the same concentration of oil glands as other areas of the skin and are constantly exposed to environmental factors, such as lip licking, cosmetics, and cold weather.Isadora Baum, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
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Best Buy has an unbeatable deal on a sturdy Bluetooth speaker that can take a licking and keep on rocking.K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Pounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounding. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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