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Washington State stands 5-1 but still must play Oregon, Stanford, Colorado and, most achingly, Washington, which has mauled it the past three years by 45-10, 45-17 and 41-14.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2018

As angry as that designation made them, the Huskies did need to man up and match the brawn of an Oregon State team that has mauled them plenty of times in the recent past.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2012

His ferocity passes the limits of the human scale, and yet he is generous and sincerely devoted to his friends, whom he cares for like a brother when the Demon has mauled them.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene