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caning

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present participle of cane

as in spanking

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Some go further, flagellating themselves or using a sword to strike their forehead to draw blood.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
His only way of finding any kind of life for himself is to embrace evil, to stop running away from it, to try to stop morally flagellating himself.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026

Definition of flagellating

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Carrington was ejected from the game in the first half after smacking Cunningham across the face during Cunningham's layup attempt.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Catcher Daniel Susac followed up Wednesday’s two-home-run game by smacking a two-run shot, and the Giants bullpen didn’t break down while protecting a 4-1 victory.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026

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Bologna is made by finely chopping meat and shaping it before cooking it.

— Anna Dilger, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026
Meals are punctuated by the heavy thwack of Soto’s butcher knife chopping the meats against a large block of Sinaloan alamo wood, while music and TVs complete the din.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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Modern readers may take heart in the fact that there are many excellent critics thwacking through the slop—albeit with freelance machetes, on newfangled platforms.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Max Weinberg sat at his set, thwacking his floor tom, while Lahav fiddled with his dials, stalked into the studio to unplug, replug, and then just physically move the microphone closer to the set, then to the side, and then farther away.

— Peter Ames Carlin, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025

Definition of thwacking

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As the movie shows, local foodies would swarm the ocean whenever striped bass appeared, reeling them in with pieces of Wonder Bread and then whacking them on the head.

— Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
Larry Hayes, 86, and Bill Moniz, 79, hit the tennis courts in Mountain View three to four times a week — whacking balls across the net as teammates for one to three hours a week.

— Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

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Duran started the year hitting third and now bats seventh or eighth, and his hold on everyday playing time might have been saved by Masataka Yoshida’s injury — at least until Roman Anthony’s return.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Digging for compliments Shares in mining giant BHP are trading higher in Australia, hitting a two-month high, after the company topped earnings expectations and unveiled plans to pay its highest dividend in four years.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

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