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Recent Examples of pistol-whip
The victim was run off the road, beaten, pistol-whipped and shot multiple times.
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Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 28 Oct. 2024
Atkinson, a Down The Hill member, was killed to avenge Nikki Huang, 22, being pistol-whipped and robbed of her pricey Louis Vuitton purse, police sources said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
In November 2021, an assailant robbed and pistol-whipped the pastor of St. Leo’s Catholic Church blocks away from his Little Italy church.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 28 Oct. 2024
Atkinson, a Down The Hill member, was killed to avenge Nikki Huang, 22, being pistol-whipped and robbed of her pricey Louis Vuitton purse, police sources said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
In November 2021, an assailant robbed and pistol-whipped the pastor of St. Leo’s Catholic Church blocks away from his Little Italy church.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
Prosecutors allege Walker was in communication with the juveniles via cell phone during the incident that ended with Jackson being pistol-whipped and shot three times in the back with a Beretta 9mm semiautomatic pistol.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pistol-whip
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The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did.Kyle Smith, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020
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In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys.Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 12 Mar. 2018
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Stephens would do well to stop flagellating himself and the Never Trumpers and instead join democracy advocates in defending the rule of law in a dangerous new world.DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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Pop stars being badasses, as ever, but expressing doubt, and doing it without the flagellating self-destruction that might have come with an early iteration.Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
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Almost from the start, Dharavi was defined by its industries: from the traditional potters of Gujarat who began arriving in the late 1800s, to leather tanners from Tamil Nadu and embroidery workers from Uttar Pradesh.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 June 2024
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Look to leather knee-high pairs from Jimmy Choo, Isabel Marant, Khaite, and & Other Stories for a similar version of the model-off-duty style.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2022
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Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2024
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In the nearly 250 years since its founding, the United States has witnessed its fair share of political violence, from four presidential assassinations to an 1856 caning on the Senate floor to a 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left at least five dead.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
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While past methods of child discipline often included corporal punishments such as spanking, many of today's parents are interested in more gentle and positive methods.1 Experts suggests this is likely the right direction.Cynthia Hanson, Parents, 2 Jan. 2025
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In 2014, he was charged with felony child abuse after using a switch to spank his then 4-year-old son, which resulted in a suspension.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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After assaulting her, Diaz repeatedly called and texted her, but the woman turned down any further job opportunities, according to prosecutors.Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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United Airlines will pay $99,000 to settle a federal discrimination case in which an Asian American employee alleged that a supervisor called him an anti-Asian slur, told him to pull up his mask and physically assaulted him.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Or does a rising star like Jacob Fatu get the proverbial rocket strapped to his back?Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Montgomery said contractors had also left rat poison strapped to a wooden beam under the house.Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 13 Jan. 2025
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As of that date, an additional 30,000 MW of potential new loads had also come knocking at AEP’s door (a figure likely to be even larger today).Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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In the middle of one firefight, Lozano also got knocked senseless by the blast wave from a tank gun.Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Pistol-whip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pistol-whip. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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