as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy
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Recent Examples of pommel
There are pommel horses, vertical bars and all the other equipment that populates a gymnastics school.
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Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2021
It’s the first alpine ski area at Hatcher Pass — long a destination for cross country skiers — since the 1970s, when there was a rope tow and pommel lift at Independence Mine.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2020
Not surprisingly, the five fastest serves ever recorded were pommeled by players 6-foot-4 or bigger.
—Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 12 July 2019
The President’s $17 million home on the island of St. Martin, Le Chateau des Palmiers, was pommeled by Irma days earlier as the then-Category 5 storm wreaked havoc on several Caribbean islands.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pommel
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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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Available in 21 colors, the mixer has 10 speeds to knead, whip, and stir ingredients for bread, baked goods, pizza dough, and more.Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
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Thanks to dropping temperatures, whipping winds and spending more time indoors, your complexion can begin to experience chronic conditions that stay dominant in warmer months.Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 20 Nov. 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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Three men accused of stealing more than 1,200 pairs of Air Jordans from a train in the Mojave Desert were foiled by a GPS tracker hidden inside the shipment, authorities said.Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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But Kahane would always hide away in the bedroom, careful not to set a dangerous example for her child (who is now 23 and contributed an essay to her book) with her risky photography style.Oscar Holland, CNN, 28 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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Atlas is next to Jordan High School, where students and staff have long complained that school grounds have been coated in metallic dust and pelted with metal shrapnel.Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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But, crucially, enough of them remain suspended over the moon to sustain its exosphere long enough for more meteorites to pelt the surface, according to the research.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
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Inside the gates where bloodshed and war await, there is also hope — though battered, bruised and knocked to the ground — that remains in the fight.Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
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Wes Burns provides width and crossing down the right, Hutchinson is tricky in tight spaces in the No 10 role, Delap is a battering ram with the ability to also link play, while Sammie Szmodics bursts into goalscoring positions from the left with Leif Davis pushing forward on the overlap behind him.Carl Anka, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Though still raw compared to more experienced players in 2021, Clarke batted .324 with 8 homers and 11 doubles in 38 games, stealing 15 bases in 17 tries and playing fine outfield defense.Chuck Murr, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Domingo replies, practically batting his eyelashes, unembarrassed to ask me to expand on my compliment.Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Pommel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pommel. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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