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as in to abuse
to abuse physically
demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up
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as in hammer
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Recent Examples of maul
Stephen Smith, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
The annual ursine weight watch got a late start after one of the pre-hibernation body-bulking competitors mauled a rival.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024
Michael Loftus, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2023
Rest the maul on the wood, then lift it all the way up—your bottom arm should be straight and your top arm slightly bent.
—Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
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Verb
An overdue hunter was found dead after he was mauled by a bear in Alaska, authorities said.
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Investigators say nothing was taken and both the ax and the maul belonged to the Krausenecks.
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Verb
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That post in question found Harper outright denying Richards’ lawsuit claims that Diddy subjected them to abuse.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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That brings enormous power, and the ability to abuse that power.Daniel Eagan, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
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Most other social mammals groom by licking, but primates are unique among tetrapod vertebrates in our reliance on hands and feet for tasks many other taxa use their faces for, says Borths.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024
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Zia was licking herself and developing hotspots from itchiness.Jen McCaffery, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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On the white marble counter of the open kitchen lie six or seven tools neatly arranged by size, including a power drill, a hammer, and a handsaw.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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There, Gong struck Li with a hammer and demanded the code to unlock her phone, the DA’s office alleged.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Just two years prior, the NFL team had shelled out more than $1.4 million trying to get Becker elected mayor, and another roughly $1 million attacking Mayor Lisa Gillmor.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.NBC Chicago, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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My Feminism Was Shaped by the Spice Girls The hospital was only a mile away, and as the ambulance accelerated, so did my pounding heart.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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Israeli airstrikes early Saturday pounded central Beirut, killing at least 20 people and wounding 66, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.Kareem Chehayeb and Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2024
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Two suspects used a sledgehammer to smash a glass display to steal three Chanel handbags that were said to be worth $10,000 each.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024
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An example is labor once using sledgehammers and pick axes to demo and now using a jackhammer.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 24 July 2024
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But Ait-Nouri was physically manhandled by Saka in a duel early on, a clear sign of how dominant the winger is becoming.Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
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Iris ends up getting manhandled a little, but at least no one is killed.Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 July 2024
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The Owl, the father figure, flies into rages, yelling and occasionally lashing out with a hand or foot.Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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Following his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump lashed out at ABC over the moderators' fact-checking efforts.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Maul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maul. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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