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as in battering

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verb

present participle of buffet
as in pounding
to strike repeatedly fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat

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Recent Examples of buffeting
Verb
The result is high-decibel acoustic loads that can cause structural damage as well as buffeting that can prevent the missile from even leaving the bay. — David Szondy june 04, New Atlas, 4 June 2026 Further enhancement could also come from the lingering effects of the fast solar wind stream from a coronal hole that has been buffeting Earth in recent days. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 18 May 2026 In a publicity release, owner Mike Micallef summed up the Reata’s enduring legacy as a survivor of both a tornado and the buffeting winds of downtown business. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026 So even though there’s buffeting, even though there’s loud voices raised, left, right, and center, trans people exist. — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026 Under van Raemdonck, Neiman Marcus did well protecting its market share from the headwinds buffeting luxury department stores. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026 Performances haven’t been ideal, but results are coming, and after the buffeting chaos of the early months of this season, that’s the best Forest can realistically hope for. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025 Toy companies and trinket manufacturers were buffeting kids with ads, and children were pestering their parents for gifts. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025 Other, more recent macro headwinds, are buffeting the entire retail sector. — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffeting
  1. battering
  2. pounding
  3. turbulence
  4. lashing
  5. whipping
  6. licking
  7. thrashing
  8. hiding
Noun
  • In around a month, the batteries of thousands of mobile phones around the world will take an absolute battering.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The battering started at the outset with first-inning RBI singles provided by Loftin and Starling Marte after the Phillies blew a chance to end the frame by not completing a double play.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
Definition of battering
Verb
  • Then, in the meditation hall, our cheery host suddenly turned serious and began pounding on a 350-year-old drum from a samurai castle used for marking the beginning of chores.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Lala is no longer a hurricane, but the tropical storm is drenching Hawaii with sideways rain, hurricane-force gusts and pounding surf, flooding rivers and triggering mudslides.
    — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of pounding
Noun
  • For all the headwinds confronting Jolly, Republicans may encounter their own turbulence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street's major averages are all up by more than 10% year-to-date, while Europe's Stoxx 600 has jumped more than 11% and South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi has surged more than 50%, despite multiple bouts of severe turbulence.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of turbulence
Verb
  • Powerful winds and lashing rain flipped over a truck in Zhejiang’s Wenzhou, a video posted on TikTok on Sunday showed.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The president has responded to the MAGA criticism by lashing out repeatedly at dissenters, prompting Greene – once a top Trump supporter – not to run for reelection and Massie to lose his primary.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lashing
Noun
  • The indulgent, playful, and dessert-like mixed drink, which features crème de menthe, crème de cacao, heavy whipping cream, and brandy, came in second place at the event.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
  • Self-mortifying pamagdarame rituals, including whipping and crucifixion, likewise have roots in medieval Christian tradition.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • Dubiously sourced accounts followed of Australians who died after drinking toad tea and a man supposedly being imprisoned in South America on toad-licking charges.
    — Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There’s truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of licking
Noun
  • Kluivert notched a hat-trick in the 10-1 thrashing of Italy’s Genoa, with Scott, Unal (two goals each) and David Brooks scoring too.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Blågult had started so well, mind you, with a 5-1 thrashing of Tunisia.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of thrashing
Verb
  • Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Then there are all the people hiding in the hills, and those who have taken refuge in the homes of Moroccan relatives in Ceuta.
    — Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of hiding

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