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It also trounces the reported $15 billion bounty that John Paulson scored in 2007 wagering against the housing market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

The fund’s strong performance in 2025 trounces the S&P 500’s 16.1% gain this year through Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

Amazon trounces both online retailers with 56% of its 268 million unique monthly visits in October resulting in purchases, its data shows.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2023

If Soto sometimes trounces over the lyricism of her lines, she’s always true to Beatrice’s immediate circumstances and never falls into recitation for recitation’s sake.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

When very young he deals with the matter in a straightforward fashion, and trounces the author for every unwitting solecism and willing falsification that is discovered.

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham