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pelted

  • past participle
    of pelt.
    pelt
    verb (used with object)
    to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
  • past tense form
    of pelt.
    pelt
    verb (used with object)
    to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.

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Alas, Mr. Powell and his colleagues overcame their hesitation this time and we all got pelted with dots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

I was not surprised to learn that several of my friends are in Guthrie-themed group chats; they’ve pelted me with their postulations all week long.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

Take an incident in late 2023, when environmental protesters pelted O’Leary with a pie in his face—an episode the CEO credits with spurring a 6% rise in bookings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

The most viral moment came when Joe Wilkinson was giving a mock-serious speech about the RNLI, only to be pelted with a giant ball of pink paint, for no apparent reason.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

I shook out my coat and dumped dirt all over Red and myself just as the pixies pelted toward us.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff