Example Sentences

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While most of the country is thrashing Facebook , I’d like to send Mark Zuckerberg a thank-you note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 18, 2018

And House of Fraser, which has 59 stores, is thrashing out a rescue deal that could also see it shut shops.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2018

So far, the real-life aviator is thrashing the fictional competition.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2017

Brown’s Coastal Commission is thrashing about, and lawmakers have rushed to the rescue with several reform bills.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2016

The snow flew past their faces like the foam over the gunwale of a boat that is thrashing into a ten-knot breeze.

From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton