battered
1 Britishadjective
adjective
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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Bitcoin’s relative strength on Friday may offer a bullish clue for battered software shares — that is, if a past relationship still holds, according to a technical strategist at BTIG.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
That selling has put more pressure on the already battered cryptocurrency.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Strong winds battered the country from Saturday afternoon through the night, with the Met Office recording a top wind speed of 73mph in Buchan, Aberdeenshire.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
A production outage is expected to ripple through depleted U.S. aluminum stocks in the coming months, further putting pressure on prices—which have already been battered by tariff challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
With a final yank, I scrambled from under the unconscious camel and limped on my battered knee toward the outcrop.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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