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By 11:30 p.m. with about two-thirds of ballots counted, Trone was trouncing Parrott in the D.C. suburbs but far behind in the more rural, western parts of the district.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022

A natural salesman, he was touting seeds door-to-door at age 7 and within a few years was trouncing grown men in a competition to sell the most subscriptions of the Saturday Evening Post.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2018

With 96% of votes counted in Cook County, Illinois, challenger Kim Foxx was trouncing the two-term state’s attorney, Anita Alvarez, by almost 30 percentage points.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2016

He pointed out that he had pulled even with Cruz in Texas and that he was trouncing Rubio in Florida.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2016

Within months of its debut in 1996, Blue’s Clues was trouncing Sesame Street in the ratings.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell