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The Australian actor joked that his upbringing "on farms where we were bashing about in old cars" helped prepare him for the car chasing stunts.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

I don't know what's going on and they were bashing me about something that isn't even true.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2022

He lashed out at fans who were bashing the bad baseball at Coors Field, suggesting to one in an email exchange that maybe Denver doesn’t deserve a major league team anymore.

From Washington Times • Jul. 14, 2014

Before, the league was bashing us and fans were bashing us for us just being the lowly Islanders.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2011

This was the spirits' furnace of my fable, where they were bashing away at me, so that the sparks were spewing through every newspaper.

From My Life and My Efforts by Olesch, Gunther