banged away (at)

verb

past tense of bang away (at)
as in buffeted

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  1. buffeted
  2. battered
  3. besieged
  4. beleaguered
  5. ravaged
  6. barraged
  7. bombarded
  8. surprised
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  • OpenAI’s salesforce buffeted by change, leadership turnover Rajic’s predecessor, Dresser, also approached her work with notable intensity.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Growing worries over whether Big Tech’s massive investments in artificial-intelligence technology will translate into profits and whether chipmaker stocks have soared too high in the euphoria around AI have also buffeted share prices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of buffeted
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  • Some of those rescued are covered in mud and appear injured after being battered by the flood, one video shows.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The war has already battered Iran’s economy and inflicted mounting pain on ordinary people.
    — David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of battered
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  • In recent months, Israeli settlers have repeatedly besieged the village of Qusra, defying orders from the authorities to leave the area and trying to force Palestinian families, some of whom are also American citizens, out.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.
    — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of besieged
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  • Manmade infrastructure on California’s coast has been battered and beleaguered in recent years — even without El Niño.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In New Jersey — a state beleaguered by waste and high costs in its public health plans — teachers and other school workers face premium hikes of 34% next year.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of beleaguered
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  • Efforts to bring the outbreak under control — from limited public gatherings to social distancing and airport closures — have disrupted life in the six affected provinces, particularly Ituri, which has been ravaged by rebel violence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In a world that’s been ravaged by a virus, with many living on the skids, survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of ravaged
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  • Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of barraged
Verb
  • Over billions of years, this wind has bombarded every body in the vicinity of the Sun, including Earth’s Moon.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Ojai center was bombarded with intrusive calls, and conspiracy theorists accused the staff of manipulating information to secure donations.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • Bruce Springsteen surprised the coastal crowd during Bleachers‘ show in Asbury Park to deliver a pair of nostalgic Jersey-centric songs on Friday night.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In this time, Lamb surprised some people by voting to ordain Gene Robinson, a gay man, as bishop in 2003.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of surprised
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