| 单词 | whacking |
| 例句 | Then one of the branches that Ernie brushed aside snapped back and came flying at Genie, whacking him in the eye. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z TJ can barely get the last word out before Pop Pop is whacking him upside the head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When I stumble out of my bedroom, still in my nightclothes, a whacking sound alerts me that Mama is on a cleaning tear. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Swinging his spear wildly, he jumped on top of the creature’s bulbous body, whacking two metal arms away from him with a loud crack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Benson, the master, has me by the ear and he’s whacking me across the legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Not to mention whacking them over the head with a club in the first place. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m whacking the chisel with such force now my whole body’s vibrating, the whole world is. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He’s stopped asking about a cat, and there was all that extra light-saber whacking this morning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z When he was angry he would wield it like the flat of a sword, whacking out at his kids or his wife or his hallucinations. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The boss hostler is furious, whacking the beleaguered men of the Flying Squadron with flagrant abandon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z After many whackings and mumblings, he circles round me, clicking the still-hungry scissors in the air, pulling, poking, checking his work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the sky was getting its regular afternoon storm organized: wind whacking the palm leaves together, red dust ghosts flying up from the road, little kids running like bansheets for cover. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried hitting one backhand; the stroke was horrible; I returned to only whacking my forehand, my best stroke. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no! The lord of the great horns pursues wise, miserable Gurgi with leaping and galloping. Gurgi fears terrible smackings and whackings. He follows kindly and mighty protectors. Faithful Gurgi will not leave them, never!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Hiroshi acts like he’s whacking his cousin on the head, and everyone laughs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Inside there was an explosion of laughter, hysterical, tension-breaking laughter that left my brothers choking and whacking each other across the shoulders. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Only as we were whacking the mud off our boots by the huts where the sports gear's kept did Mr. McNamara remember the three boys he'd sent to the bridge over forty minutes ago. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Before it was over, Park kicked one of the counterprotesters squarely in the head—a blow that sounded like a bat whacking a baseball. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A few days after Phoebe and I had seen Mr. Birkway and Mrs. Cadaver whacking away at the rhododendron, I walked home with Phoebe after school. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Those were whacking good stories, if I do say so myself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I heard Mama whacking Jumper with a stick to make him go. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge clambered around the turtle’s shell, whacking at it uselessly with his baseball bat and yelling, “Take that! And that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m out, too. If you softhearted cupcakes are going to stroll through Venice without even whacking those furry animals on the head, forget it. I don’t like boring expeditions.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z August disappears entirely for three days, and Uncle Al begins whacking heads again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We searched for him for a few blocks, Brian whacking at the bushes with his hatchet, but we couldn’t find him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Before I got there I could hear them: a whacking sound followed by cheers...and again whack! then cheers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I figure she probably likes whacking people with that net-on-a-stick thing. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Marigold was typically the type of girl who refrained from whacking surly old men in the shins as hard as she could. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Whenever she had a free hour she stole away to work at the drills Syrio had taught her, moving barefoot over the fallen leaves, slashing at branches and whacking down leaves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Next thing he picks up his crutch and he climbs in the wagon and he stands up and he's whacking at the tree again. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if I had gone to each of their houses, whacking random family members with a nail-studded two-by-four, they would have begun to have some basic comprehension. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Swinging his spear wildly, he jumped on top of the creatures bulbous body, whacking two metal arms away from him with a loud crack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z Adina swirled the hair dryer on its cord and let it fly, whacking him in the head and knocking him out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He played his pipes frantically, and his music sent another power line pole whacking against Talos’s thigh. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Uncle Al is breathless and purple, waving his cane and whacking people if they’re not moving fast enough for his liking. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He trotted his broomstick around her, shouting "Traitor, traitor" and whacking her over the head with the melon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Through soggy patches, over rocks and across a stream, sliding down banks and whacking through brush. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z "Not really. He's the kind of upper-caste snob who'd rather die than touch a low-caste person. But still, I wouldn't do something like that again, because he wouldn't mind whacking you with a stick." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They stood toe to toe in the center of the ring, whacking, slugging, thumping back and forth, flinging sweat, elbows, fists, knees, jab the middle one, hook the middle one. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She's a good dancer, too, but her braids keep whipping around and whacking me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What if the Hodges guys came swinging into a classroom, whacking people with their sticks the way they did on the ice, and no one in the class was wearing gear? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Jasmin and the other children have already taken turns whacking her pinata. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Or maybe he’s standing in a bathtub, his tail whacking the tiled walls behind him, his fur lathered in fragrant bubbles. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He stops whacking people, and shortly thereafter people stop ducking. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Schools at the time still punished students by whacking their hands or bottoms with straps or a long, thin piece of wood called a cane. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It’s like a pinball machine, and I’m the little silver ball that everyone is whacking and slapping around. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Pete herded him out to train every day and rode his bicycle behind him, whacking him with a stick. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z That was Gum Baby whacking me upside the head as she climbed onto my shoulder with a yawn. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Well, I wouldn’t just start whacking at it or we might be dead before noon. We need to be careful. Delicate, precise hits on the clasps.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I saw Mr. Alums walking back and forth whacking a yardstick in his hand. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley stalks the aisles, whacking their knuckles with a ruler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley stalks the aisles, whacking their knuckles with a ruler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I will quit whacking you on the head when you put your hands in your lap, where they’re supposed to be.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Here we are, two guys from far places, whacking at a tree we hold nothing against, for a hard lady who cares for nobody but her own face-stretched self, about to plunge to our deaths. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Everyone filed out of the classroom except him and Ron, who was whacking his wand furiously on the desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I know a guy from back home who got through this academy and he’s as dumb as this post,” said one of the Antonellis, whacking the pillar of his bunk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, see how they’re attached to my arms. Quit whacking me on the head.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He marched over to the sealed door and started whacking at it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I do the stepping, my brother does the whacking, the sticking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Boys Thomas didn’t know ran alongside him, whacking at Griever instruments with their makeshift weapons, jumping on them, attacking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “That—that hacking, whacking noise—there—hear it? I heard it from down in the cellar. There—hear that?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, the whacking on the balcony starts up again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “They were like a miner’s pick,” he said, “for whacking skulls.” Carver explores Tlingit battle armor, weapons 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The scene where he commentated on his own imaginary golfing triumph while whacking the heads off chrysanthemums was improvised from two lines of stage direction. The 10 best Bill Murray moments 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z His family had butchered hogs, with the young Dean whacking them over the head with the blunt end of an ax. Singer, sausage businessman Jimmy Dean dies at 81 2010-06-14T03:14:00Z Our heroes decide to go after nasty Bass not by whacking him but by driving him crazy. Crime fiction: Pretentious writers get their comeuppance 2014-02-05T23:37:04Z Like El Niño gathering force in distant climes before whacking the U.S., the first summer blockbuster is already a monster hit in the rest of the world. An Early Summer Heat Wave: The Avengers Sizzles Abroad 2012-04-29T19:50:49Z At one point they began clowning, whacking objects while singing the Anvil Chorus from “Il Trovatore.” From Heaps of Junk, a Melodious Clang 2010-10-04T21:33:00Z A Radio 4 documentary, Spank the Plank looks to rehabilitate the technique, which can loosely be described as "whacking the strings with your thumb". Paying homage to 'slap' bass 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z At the end of the ballet, Balanchine and Robbins came on as beggars and did a dance, whacking each other with big sticks. To Igor, With Love and Masterpieces, George 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z I agree with all of the comments which recommend leaving the halved avocado on the cutting board and then whacking the pit with a knife so... How to Cut an Avocado Without Cutting Yourself 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Maybe no one got around to whacking Hill, or each mafioso thought it was someone else's job. Why wasn't Goodfellas' Henry Hill murdered by the mob? 2012-06-13T15:51:01Z Winter took a gangster story, largely from life, and had it do what you expect gangster stories to do, right down to ending with a whacking. REVIEW: Boardwalk Empire Watch: Golden Boy 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The archetypal bad fan shrugs off any notion of moral complexity; he fast-forwards through arguments with the wife and freeze-frames the bloody whackings. The Female Bad Fan 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The opening of the tubed slide was small, and I thought I should lie down to avoid whacking my head. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z And so, bada-bing, just like a whacking, The Sopranos was done. The Sopranos: 10 years since it finished, it's still the most masterful show ever 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z After the whacking, the remaining bodies are placed in a vertical container in individual slots that makes it look as though dozens of headless sardines are attending a lecture in a small hall. In Portugal, Taking a Dive Into Sardines 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Listen up, Tenacious D: here's what whacking your skins really means. Tenacious D; Poliça – review 2012-06-09T23:05:54Z Soon, drums kick in and dancers explode into percussive action — shaking, undulating, whacking the air with the force of those drums. Review: Afro-Colombian Dancing Reawakens the Joyce Theater 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “See what you get for all your whacking off?” An orgasm almost killed me! 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z But as Daniel Snaith, the Canadian-born, London-based heart of Caribou begins whacking a snare drum in time to the heavy, demanding rhythm of Leave House, you realise that this is far from the case. Caribou ? review 2011-02-24T18:12:57Z You expend energy points to perform actions like feeding pigs, chopping trees or whacking snakes. Video Game Review: In Zynga?s FrontierVille, Going From Forest to Family 2010-07-05T21:48:00Z A posse of Britain’s most interesting critics rallied in support of the novel in their reviews, taking turns whacking it up into the air as if they were the batsmen on a mighty cricket team. Books of The Times: ‘Quesadillas,’ by Juan Pablo Villalobos 2014-02-27T22:39:35Z I’ve yet to hear anything approaching a compelling explanation as to why our political class should be whacking away at our already weak economy. Not all unemployment rates are created equal 2013-02-08T20:50:00Z I was going to do 11, and without the whacking. Twilight of the Glaciers 2011-07-29T19:50:35Z But it’s rare at Hollywood awards ceremonies, possibly because movie stars holding statuettes don’t want to risk whacking themselves in the thorax. Hillary’s New Go-To Gesture: Hand to the Heart 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Something loud and wild was about to happen, it seemed — an expectation heightened when a dancer entered carrying a hammer and began whacking a pane of glass. Review: A Boogie That Stomps but Doesn’t Soar 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Open a wine bottle by standing it in a shoe and whacking the heel against a wall. Review: The Haywire Hospitality of ‘At Home With Amy Sedaris’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z In another, veteran Thai trainer Neng is whacking willing victims with a stick when not being kneed in the face. swaggers in – red shorts, white trainers, no top and fist bumps aplenty. Ducking and weaving 2010-07-30T23:09:00Z Then she began a nightly ritual of mercilessly whacking each of her pink satin shoes against a cinder-block wall at the David H. Koch Theater. Lens Blog: At City Ballet, Footwear Is Almost as Important as Feet 2013-12-30T18:23:07Z Someone dressed in a dark shroud with a spray of foam swimming-pool noodles jutting from the top exhibited his or her liberty from hangups by painfully whacking the noodles into my and everybody’s face. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z There were people who just wanted a mob show, and their motto was “less yakking, more whacking.” David Chase on ‘The Sopranos,’ Trump and, Yes, That Ending 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Still, if one were to encounter a ball perched atop the ancient earthworks, there is no ban on whacking at it with a 3-iron. A Push to Move the Golf Course Atop a Native American ‘Stonehenge’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z You'll also want one heavier chef's knife or cleaver for whacking dense winter squash into pieces. 9 essential tools for cooking all the vegetables 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z "Larkin definitely hardened the horseshoe of his mind by whacking it on that anvil," Motion says. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z It’s a pathetic role, largely because she’s a sad piñata made for the whacking simply because, it seems, the only thing worse than making kids cry is being a journalist. Movie Review: Jason Bateman Stars In and Directs ‘Bad Words’ 2014-03-13T22:41:54Z “Mobsters used the threat of ‘whacking’ potential cooperators to keep everyone in line,” Weissmann writes. A Prosecutor’s Backstage Tour of the Mueller Investigation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The performance continued in the lobby, where getting dessert meant whacking open a gigantic Andy Warhol piñata to grab up Little Debbie snack cakes. The Moment: Sometimes a Blank Canvas Is Not a Blank Canvas 2010-04-28T19:44:00Z Ms Marvel would have perhaps already resorted to violence: her signature move involves enlarging her fists and whacking despotic opponents. 'I feel joy': how Bisha K Ali went from struggling standup to Marvel maestro 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z "She ended up whacking him and she started crying afterward." Gwyneth Paltrow: Wild in the 'Country' 2010-12-23T06:00:00Z It was the sound, he realized, of Kafka whacking away at the frozen sea within with his famous little axe. A Writer’s Justification 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Because I was bored stiff, I jumped and went straight into the ad lib of Singin’ in the Rain, and on the beats whacking her and kicking the writer. How we made A Clockwork Orange – by Malcolm McDowell 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Millennials are certainly prone to idealising their parents’ generation: listening to their vinyl and whacking retro filters on their iPhone photographs. The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Good action movies and comedies require so much skill, far more than simply looking moodily off into the middle distance and whacking Adagio in G Minor on the soundtrack. Why Black Panther should win the 2019 best picture Oscar 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Not satisfied, he keeps repeating the process, whacking different parts of the gong with the hammer. Thailand’s ‘Gong Highway’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z On the first Saturday of the summer, the whacking and whizzing noises of matkot along Gordon Beach were audible from my hotel room on the 12th floor. Global Athlete: Looking to Play Some Matkot? Tel Aviv's the Place 2012-07-01T10:46:05Z An early skit involved a family at a funeral home whacking the swollen corpse of its patriarch with a Wiffle bat. An Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Closes With Filthy Fanfare 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z "Well," he smiles happily, "I can be bombastic, I can sound arrogant, I look like I've got a whacking big ego, I can be quite rude and opinionated and abrupt." Working Piers 2011-01-17T08:00:05Z It is still, at nearly 1,000 pages, a whacking book. Patricia Highsmith Lived Extravagantly, and Took Copious Notes 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The whacking, tastefully obscured by a doorframe, takes us off guard in part because it presents Hoffa in the one light we’ve never seen him: vulnerability. The Irishman: the murder, the women, the ending – discuss with spoilers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z So it's pretty depressing to watch his new film, a crass, dull shocker about a righteous London copper who becomes a serial killer, whacking crims and uploading the videos to his creepy website. May I Kill U? – review 2013-01-10T21:15:01Z In the year of #MeToo, garlanding The Post would be a twofer, simultaneously whacking Trump and waving a feminist banner. Why The Post should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Instead of whacking Wall Street, Stone gives it a poke that ends up as a tickle. Oliver Stone's New Wall Street: Greed Is God 2010-09-23T08:25:00Z In the studio itself, bored guys aurally simulate human atrocity by whacking and stabbing vegetables, while female stars give operatic screams in the sound booth. Berberian Sound Studio – review 2012-08-30T14:30:01Z In The Sopranos, for instance, the sexist jabs at Carmela overlapped with some fan’s desire that the show be all whackings, all the time, with no diversions into the “boring,” “soap opera” marriage-and-family stuff. On Anna Gunn, the Skyler-Hating Sexists, and the Billion-Megaphone Era 2013-08-26T15:13:37Z In the footage, male and female Popeye’s workers were caught slapping, punching and whacking each other in a frenzied, expletive-laden melee. 7 Milwaukee Popeyes employees fired after chaotic brawl caught on camera 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z "Besides, you need movement in a film, and to see superheroes pounding each other or picking up a car and whacking someone with it is visually exciting." Kick-Ass ? an interview with its creator 2010-03-24T20:00:00Z Though lugubrious, her Odette was also fierce in her resistance to impossible love, whacking Siegfried’s hand away when he tried to embrace her. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Swan Lake’ at Met Opera House 2012-06-26T21:12:40Z His injured hand remained heavily strapped but it certainly did not hinder his scoring, reaching his century from 59 balls and whacking seven sixes and 10 fours. Australia beat NZ in high-scoring World Cup thriller 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z A bruising August for bonds continues to unsettle world markets deep into summer holiday season, with China's ailing property sector whacking stocks there on Monday and a buoyant dollar hitting many currencies - especially Russia's rouble. AMERICAS Bonds bruised, China stocks and rouble sink 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Manchin used similar rhetoric in Thursday’s interview, criticizing the “extremes” of both parties for “having gone off the Richter Scale” and whacking the Democratic brand as “so bad.” Joe Manchin ‘thinking seriously’ about leaving Democrats to become independent 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z “That thing kept whacking him in the head, and I think it just freaked him out,” Downes says. Meet Bruiser, Whidbey Island's loneliest (and only) resident elk 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z He says there are times when he’s whacking mallet on chisel that he finds himself thinking about medieval counterparts who were cutting “basically the same joint 900 years ago.” Time machine: Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Some puzzles, found in egg-like shrines throughout the lands, had me slowed simply because I forgot that whacking certain objects could unleash their electricity-like powers. Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Asked if law enforcement efforts were outpacing the ability of drug dealers to sprout up online, Garland said: “There is a bit of a whack-a-mole problem, and we are whacking as hard as we can.” Lengthy probe of online fentanyl sales yields nearly 300 arrests 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z “There is a bit of a whack-a-mole problem here, and we are whacking as hard as we can,” Mr. Garland said. DOJ announces takedown of fentanyl trafficking ring in dark shadows of the web 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z “He’s kind of halfway in between. Other than going on a rut, losing a bunch of weight, whacking on tarps and yard gnomes, he’s not fighting other bulls, which can get to you.” Meet Bruiser, Whidbey Island's loneliest (and only) resident elk 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Wednesday night’s 78-58 whacking of No. 14 Oklahoma pulled the Longhorns into a three-way tie at the top of the Big 12 with the Sooners and No. 18 Iowa State. Texas women unranked but on a tear to top of Big 12 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Hostile sports fans called him appalling names, and it’s shocking to watch the clips of opposing players whacking him without pretense of going for the ball — or the ball being anywhere near him. Opinion | Pelé started playing in America in 1975. Nothing was the same after that. 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “It’s like whacking a piñata with a baseball bat and having all this candy pour out, and you just don’t even know what to grab first.” Why NASA's new mission will study Earth's water from space 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z In the meantime, punking and whacking were becoming more mainstream through Soul Train and the Outrageous Waacking Dancers, an L.A.-based dance group. These artists are preserving the history of a dance style gay men created in ’70s-era L.A. 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z A new form of sodium—the element that combines with chlorine to make salt—packs a whacking 28 neutrons in its atomic nucleus, along with the 11 protons that define its chemical identity. It may be possible to cram more neutrons into atomic nuclei than previously thought 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Pegula showed her annoyance by whacking a loose ball into the stands. Sabalenka uses Wimbledon ban as US Open motivation 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z "Whether it's stopping the M4 relief road, whether it's whacking a tax on our tourist industry, I will crack down on his negativity about Wales, and about the United Kingdom." Truss and Sunak attack Welsh government at hustings 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z His approach from smack amid the fairway landed in some tall and scruffy vegetation behind the green, so he walked back there and began whacking at the half-hidden ball. U.S. Open started Friday lit by unknowns. By dusk, stars had come out. 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Positivity is not limited to whacking boundaries, bowling magic balls or packing the cordon with six slips. 'England's positivity put to the test' 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “He’d have a 4 p.m. game and would be up Saturday morning whacking gray driveway stones, knocking them over the trees and into my yard, pinging them off my house,” said Shannon, now 65. Angels star Mike Trout's hometown ready to celebrate 'the kid from the ‘Ville' 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z One of Depp’s bodyguards intervened, but “by that time Johnny had already grabbed Amber by the hair with one hand and was whacking her repeatedly in the face with the other,” Henriquez said. Heard’s lawyers try to poke holes in Depp’s libel lawsuit 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Not unhelpful after something of a whacking in the elections. What next for the UK after remarkable election results? 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Heard testified that she shoved Depp back and he threw a bottle at her before forcing her onto the sofa and whacking her in the face. Amber Heard says Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her on night his finger was severed 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z You simply produce a dead cat from your bag, whacking it onto the table with a thud. Perspective | Boris Johnson is a master of distraction. What if that stops working? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “I hurt my back over two years ago when I did weed whacking, one of the perils of country life,” said Annette Schaich, 58. They fled for greener pastures, and there were weeds 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z “Every time someone twists words, issues, situations or experiences, we want to be there like whack-a-mole, whacking it down with the facts and the context,” Douglas said. Abolition newspaper revived for nation grappling with racism 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z And each time I felt the sting of a paintball whacking into my arm or abdomen, I thought of Jim, the neutral noncombatant who had forced me into battle. Perspective | Punk rock photos explode from the pages of a new coffee table book on the D.C. hardcore scene 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Open in September, alternately slamming and throwing her racket and whacking a ball into the stands in anger. 2021 sports year in review: The year Simone Biles taught us it's OK to not be OK 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “They make their own trail. The guide is in front of you with a machete literally whacking the bushes clearing out the path.” Cruising around Baja California Sur, the Galapagos of the North | Provided by UnCruise Adventures 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Child’s goofy on-screen persona — whacking away at goose liver, brandishing a mallet, and mugging with a massive fish — is on display. Review | ‘Julia’ documentary offers an admiring portrait of Julia Child and her impact on foodie culture 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z From there, he fouled off two pitches, a heater and a change-up, before whacking a 99-mph sinker out to left. Juan Soto’s impossibly torrid stretch continues with two home runs as Nationals beat Reds 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Several young people carried signs with an illustration of a 75-year-old Chinese woman who, a few weeks earlier, was punched by a white man and then fought back by whacking him with a wooden board. Why Was Vicha Ratanapakdee Killed? 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Serious golfers will find challenges with bank shots or terraced greens, but it’s fun for the youngest visitors, who thrill in whacking colorful balls over a humpbacked bridge. Fun is par for the course at these five mini-golf destinations 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The Suns may be hacking and whacking him, but they sure aren't stopping the Milwaukee Bucks star. Suns can hack and whack Giannis, but know he'll keep coming 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The Suns may be hacking and whacking him, but they sure aren’t stopping the Milwaukee Bucks star. Suns can hack and whack Giannis, but know he’ll keep coming 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z “As soon as a promising Republican presidential contender arises, the liberal media sets to work whacking him down,” Mark Finkelstein wrote for the organization, part of the conservative Media Research Council. Joe Scarborough calls Ron DeSantis ‘political methadone’ for Trump supporters 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z He began whacking at the vine from all sides with his machete, sending chips of bark flying with each stroke. Human Evolution Led to an Extreme Thirst for Water 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Gauff's 41 unforced errors included seven double-faults — and after one, she mangled her racket frame by whacking it three times against the ground. Sakkari tops 2020 French champ Swiatek; 4 in 1st Slam SFs 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Gauff’s 41 unforced errors included seven double-faults — and after one, she mangled her racket frame by whacking it three times against the ground. Unseeded Krejcikova beats Gauff, into French Open semifinals 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z When the 18,324 inside American Airlines Center were at their loudest Friday night, whacking together team-provided noisemakers and swinging white towels, it felt like even the red-brick building itself shook. Clippers force Game 7 on Kawhi Leonard's clutch play, 45 points 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Miami: Fresh off rallying from 23 points down to win 72-68 at Pittsburgh, the Hurricanes looked like they might repeat the feat against Louisville in whacking a 16-point deficit down. Evans helps No. 1 Louisville survive Miami (Florida) 79-76 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He had little choice: With revenue plunging, committing to massive new spending seemed untenable, and whacking the private sector with a tax hike would have deepened the recession. Opinion | Will Maryland Democrats ‘tax into the wind’? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z I like these particular clickers more than most, but they’re still easy to miss and I sometimes found myself whacking chassis when trying to click. Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 review: powerful portable gaming 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z This includes some pretty serious survival tactics, including stomping rats and whacking them with broom handles. Rats besiege New York Chipotle, eating avocados and attacking staff 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z This risk resulted in DeChambeau dropping another ball in the pine straw, saying quite loudly, “Provisional,” and then whacking that shot in the water in front of the green. Perspective | The Masters calls for strategy. Bryson DeChambeau is trying strong-arm math instead. 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z On a recent afternoon, they celebrated the end of summer and the start of a new school year by whacking a “2020” handmade papier-mâché piñata stuffed with strawberry hard candy. Kids in Richmond Latino area help each other during pandemic 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z We can break those rigid cell walls by whacking at them. Smash your vegetables for a salad that packs a punchy citrus-soy dressing in every bite 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z “He has this sort of isolationist and militaristic view of whacking terrorist organizations from afar and then retreating behind this fortress,” Wright said. Biden and Trump mark Sept. 11 — and are marked by it 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z They include Jacob Gains, charged July 11 with whacking a U.S. marshal with a hammer three times. Feds say 74 face charges stemming from Portland protests 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The soft-spoken 12-year-old passed his days bent toward the earth whacking weeds with a machete, stopping only to wipe sweat from his brow. Instead of starting seventh grade this month, this 12-year-old is working in Mexico's fields 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Kadri had Kuemper whacking his stick against the goal after the Coyotes bunched up in the neutral zone and left him alone for a breakaway. Avalanche rout Coyotes 7-1 in Game 5 to win 1st-round series 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z An inning later, he doubled the lead by whacking a first-pitch cutter the other way, driving home a runner from third. Dodgers lose late lead, fall to Diamondbacks despite Mookie Betts' big night 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z One officer began whacking at David with the baton. Navy vet beaten by federal agents: ‘They came out to fight’ 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Video shows someone from the group along the bridge approaching the edge of the fence, leaning over and whacking officers huddled against the barrier. NYC community activist says out-of-state protesters involved in 'peace march' where cops were attacked 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The video shows someone from the group along the bridge approaching the edge of the fence, leaning over and whacking the officers huddled against the barrier. Protester attacks NYPD officers, including chief of department, as they made arrest 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z When they are whacking the community with sticks, and firing tear gas into it, they are more like an armed gang than keepers of the peace. There are violent rioters all across America. They are called police officers | Nathan Robinson 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z He faces the certainty of whacking government services while raising taxes. Newsom has gotten top marks during the coronavirus crisis. Battling California's deficit could change that 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Poke two small holes in the top of your piñata, and thread yarn or string through them to get it ready for whacking. How to Make Your Own Coronavirus Piñata (and Then Smash It) 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z On the other hand, when government services do fail — as has happened on occasion at the IRS — that perversely can become justification for whacking budgets further. Opinion | The covid-19 pandemic has revealed another area of critical government underinvestment 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons. Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z If they get the green light to start building, Knox said they’re hoping to start construction on the temporary road — or least start “whacking the weeds” — as soon as this weekend. ‘Welcome to our mess’: Monroe-area community grappling with crumbling road 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Hatami says that the old woman in Florida, whose name he doesn’t know — “the lady,” he calls her — often chased him around her single-story home whacking him with a wooden spoon. To bring a boy's murderers to justice, a prosecutor wrestled with his own childhood abuse 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Targett makes another woeful decision by whacking the ball high and backwards from the halfway but, luckily for him, Jimenez fails to control it. Wolves v Aston Villa: Premier League – live! 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “It’s like a mobster whacking a guy and saying, ‘Don’t worry, cops got nothin’ – we got rid of some of his body.’” Seth Meyers: 'Every minute with Donald Trump feels like a horror movie' 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Frank soon graduates from fixing to whacking, with Scorsese, as so often, eschewing grandeur for the downbeat detail—a gun handed over in a brown paper bag, with no more fuss than a sandwich. Remembrance of Kills Past in “The Irishman” 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z He would spend afternoons in his grandmother’s driveway, the Florida sun cooking the pavement, tossing rocks into the air before whacking them with a stick. How Howie Kendrick went from undersized and unrecruited to the Nationals’ NLCS MVP 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Perhaps aggression, fear and hierarchy are the issues, so the idea of whacking a business suit on a woman and throwing her into the boardroom was always a bad idea. 'It's time for girls in space and sex without power' 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Entering the third period tied 3-3, Michael Amadio put the Kings in front by whacking a bouncing puck past Oilers goalie Mike Smith. The Sports Report: Lakers win exhibition opener against Warriors 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Buendia is caught in possession just outside his own box and Hourihane is the one who makes the most of the situation by whacking one into the corner. Liverpool 2-1 Leicester, Burnley 1-0 Everton and more: clockwatch – live! 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z “We’re whacking at them with bags. Coaches are screaming at them to put them in a chaos type of deal.” Injury-plagued Ga Tech reeling on offense, last in nation 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Dart has been cursing on Court 12, as well as whacking the grass and her shoe for good measure. Wimbledon 2019: Dart v Haddad Maia, Norrie v Nishikori and more – live! 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Their friendship was a paradigm of neighbordom, which inspires envy in this writer, whose interactions with her neighbors are limited to whacking the wall with a Swiffer when their music is too loud. The website that helps people leave the Mormon Church 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Is that Morris notably whacking away at the end? How Thomas Morris brought the Ojai Music Festival to the big time 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z I wrote to you, a year or more ago, about Mikael Wood and his zingers, in reviews of artists such as Tom Petty and the Haim sisters, for “strumming on guitars” and “whacking snare drums.” Feedback: Readers react to ‘Game of Thrones,’ Coachella and more 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z Protecting the coyotes: A reviled predator, often a target of “coyote whacking,” is gaining a flicker of respect. Essential California: Michael Avenatti faces new charges on both coasts 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z This year, bills to ban “coyote whacking” — killing the animals by running over them with snowmobiles — were introduced for the first time in the legislatures of Wyoming and Montana, hardly coyote-friendly refuges. Reviled predator, often a target of ‘coyote whacking,’ is gaining a flicker of respect 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z There was no accounting for Osaka’s lackluster performance, other than Bencic just started whacking her around and never let up. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer restore order in the desert 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z "Yes, we should be concerned about plastics, but before we start whacking that mole, we should worry about where it pops up somewhere else." Plastic ban could backfire says BP 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z According to police, Martunovich walked into Seaport Buffet just after 5 p.m. and began whacking unsuspecting men working there with a hammer before fleeing on foot. Hate crime charged in deadly Chinese buffet hammer attack 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z "Punching walls is a favourite one of mine. Punching windows. I've broken three windows in the past year. Punching myself in the head, whacking my head against the wall." The pain of living with Tourette's 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z “Ethical hunters respect wildlife and are commonly the most ardent conservationists. This respect is codified into legal practices and a deeply held ethical code that ‘coyote whacking’ directly violates,” the statement read. Reviled predator, often a target of ‘coyote whacking,’ is gaining a flicker of respect 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z He must have figured that sparing Mr. Martínez might earn his lifelong loyalty, so there was less upside in whacking him than trying to coach him up. Help! My Boss Is El Chapo 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z And several episodes later she endorses whacking a troublesome young thug. 'The Sopranos' at 20: Read our original review of the HBO drama 1999-01-08T05:00:00Z It’s appealing to users because they’re able to build within the game, utilizing strategy and technique to defeat opponents – sniping them down from self-built towers or whacking them with giant pickaxes. ‘School, football, Fortnite’: For WSU Cougars, the real battle begins when they leave the field 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z That’s when they went more medieval than Greek on his heinie, whacking it up to 200 times with the paddle and their open hands, according to the sources. Man, 45, pledges frat, claims he was paddled 200 times 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Its president, Paul Babaz, condemned coyote whacking in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. Reviled predator, often a target of ‘coyote whacking,’ is gaining a flicker of respect 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Women were later admitted to play and had their own leagues, though dresses and skirts led to many whacking the ring like golf, and so they were christened "sideswipers". The bizarre sport unique to Melbourne 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Covering stuff in gold and whacking up the price. From rose glasses to golding: this week’s fashion trends 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z There was a wisp of a standard work as an appetizer, the Overture to the opera “The Abduction From The Seraglio,” with an outboard percussion section happily whacking away at the noisy “Turkish” punctuation marks. Review: Violinist Jennifer Koh gave a modern edge 'Mozart Under The Stars' with Bramwell Tovey and LA Phil 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z That’s why McGeoghan just has players whacking him on the wrist on a daily basis with little to no idea that the techniques could come in handy in the back streets of Manila. Invention by Chargers coach Phil McGeoghan is giving his receivers a whack at getting open “Those who refuse to follow such guidelines and resort to abusive and cruel practices such as ‘coyote whacking’ have no place in the hunting community.” Reviled predator, often a target of ‘coyote whacking,’ is gaining a flicker of respect 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Play the RAD Lab’s “Mole Whack” and, at first, sure, not whacking the bespectacled moles is difficult. Can science-based video games help kids with autism? 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s just whacking a ball, for goodness sakes.” Peter Thomson's success was built on simplicity: 'Aim at the hole and hit it' - Golf Digest 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Fognini gets into the driving seat but the Italian ends up whacking his heels with his racket after surrendering break point. French Open 2018: Fabio Fognini v Kyle Edmund – live! 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The Ohtani show is always worth the price of admission, whether he’s on the mound, at the plate or merely in a batting cage whacking 65-mph fastballs thrown by a coach. Shohei Ohtani at Nationals Park for All-Star Game and Home Run Derby in mid-July? Yes, please. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Fizzing with energy, sexual tension, and a whole lot of “whacking off”, it was an immediate scandal, an instant bestseller and made Roth a household name. Philip Roth: explorer of a golden age's dark corners | Jonathan Freedland 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z One of the region's top linguists, Bernd Saur, said: "I urge the pupils to await their results - nobody's going to get a whacking." German teens say English exam was unfair 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z However, they simmered down, and Mr. Backpack stomped to the front of the bus, whacking several people as he marched. It’s time we all learned how to be considerably more considerate in our newly congested city 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But it seemed to stop conspicuously short of whacking the company’s newer 737 MAX 8, which weighs 45,070 kilograms empty. How U.S.-China Trade Spat Could Threaten Manufacturing 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z At moments, it seemed like it might keep whacking fruitlessly as its shot persistently banged off the rim. Loyola Chicago vs. Michigan: Ramblers almost pull another miracle before Wagner carries Wolverines to victory 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z “Your loved ones could be left all alone and distressed and facing a whacking great bill,” he warns. Insurers and undertakers profit as people prepay their last bill 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z “That caused him six weeks of unrelenting pain of Trump whacking him,” that person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss Mr. McConnell’s thinking. A Man of Few Words, McConnell Tiptoes Around Issue of Mueller 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z But here he was against Winnipeg down low, whacking at a loose puck until he willed it in. Perspective | Alex Ovechkin’s 600th goal is a reminder that it’s too easy to take him for granted 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “I took the hammer, undressed and started whacking it, and it’s spraying everywhere. It was really intense.” The Woody Allen Reboot You Won’t See at the Oscars (or Maybe Anywhere) 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Evidence of higher wages was “whacking” global markets last week, while higher bond yields threatened to “topple” a multiyear rally. Context Matters. The Stock Market Drop Is Less Scary Than It Seems. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z And it was more than a whacking around of the president, although it surely was that too. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “I felt like it may just get my mind off stuff, and it didn’t really. I just spent the last 4½ hours kind of whacking it around and thinking about a lot of things.” PGA Tour's caddie in critical condition at Honolulu hospital after suffering head injury in fall - Golf Digest 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Expectations are sky high in Canada where boys and girls grab sticks and start whacking at pucks almost as soon as they start walking. Canadian women know Olympic gold standard expected in hockey 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Another uncle and cousin, both named Ken, operate a sister store in Long Island, where Bobby Baccalieri’s fateful whacking in “The Sopranos” was filmed. All Trains, All the Time 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Over the next 45 minutes or so, the grizzlies devoted bursts of attention to whacking, jumping on and flipping over the cooler. Could a bear break into that cooler? Watch these grizzlies try. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Threats involve creepy guests whacking off, grabbing them by their aprons, or throwing them down on the bed, as former IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn allegedly did to a hotel maid in 2011. Sexual harassment doesn't just happen to actors or journalists. Talk to a waitress, or a cleaner 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The Red Wings went up 2-0 midway through the first on a scramble in front of the net, with Nyquist whacking home his first goal of the season. Petr Mrazek makes 36 saves, Red Wings beat Oilers 4-0 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Costumes were made out of old clothes, and faces painted with burnt corks, while tricks included stuffing cabbages in chimneys and whacking each other with bags of flour. How Trick-or-Treating Became Part of Halloween Tradition 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Colbert said, “Wait, have you seen the Trump administration? Those are the qualifications for a job. We’ve got his resumé right here. Anthony Scaramucci, special skills: Being a joke, Trump hanging-on, and whacking stoolies.” Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah Poke Fun at Anthony 'The Mooch' Scaramucci 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z “When are we going to stop whacking at the Wall Street pinata?” Anthony Scaramucci: who is new White House communications director? 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z He takes a knife to a foot, removing the inside of the cleft hoof before whacking it with an ax to expose its marrow, which will release more flavor into the broth. Pache, a stew of sheep and cow innards, may not look appetizing, but the people of Mosul adore it 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z “Immediately they started whacking the ball and loved it.” In Golf’s Birthplace, an Effort to Keep the Game Alive 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z A cartoon in a Dutch newspaper depicts Mrs May whacking herself over the head with a mallet. That jeering sound you can hear is Europe laughing at Britain | Andrew Rawnsley 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z None of us would admit contemplating the possibility of whacking a loved one, but none of us would admit, say, how little sex we have either. We're All Liars, and Here's the Proof 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Sharks nibbled at his ankles but he kept whacking away. Erin Hills rough recalls memory of U.S. Open legend ‘whose blows lifted a trout high into the air’ - Golf Digest 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Week three found him once again in the “Secret Ingredient Showdown,” tenderizing octopus by whacking it with a sake bottle. From Naka to Adana: a new name and new price point draws new crowds 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Newton’s laws of motion always hold, he said, so any way to induce acceleration through tilting, whacking or shaking should work. How to Get Ketchup From a Bottle Without the Wait, Watery Goo and Splatter 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z There is some indignity to whacking your skull on the same day as Sid The Kid. Sidney Crosby will miss Capitals-Penguins Game 4 due to concussion 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z This was the sound of my mother whacking a beef filet with a meat pounder. “Deaf and Blind” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z And everyone there, well, really enjoys whacking at each other with swords. Club fights with swords and studies European martial arts 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z “They tried to keep the spending increases down and the deficit increases down by whacking away at social safety net programs, many of which were cut during that period.” Trump Vowed to Protect the Safety Net. What if His Appointees Disagree? 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z They took turns whacking at its windows with their sticks, rocks and the crowd-control barriers themselves. Inside the black bloc militant protest movement as it rises up against Trump 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z In Big Mac terms, the Mexican peso is undervalued by a whacking 55.9% against the greenback. Our Big Mac index of global currencies reflects the dollar’s strength 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “The secret ingredient is a lot of whacking,” my mother said. “Deaf and Blind” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z “People think it’s the owner’s job to start whacking people to show that he cares,” Bisciotti said. Ravens owner Bisciotti hopes continuity leads to playoffs 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z A Republican proposal aimed at cutting tax rates and keeping jobs in the U.S. risks whacking the earnings of big U.S. retailers by driving up the cost of imported clothes, furniture and other goods. Retailers Risk Multibillion-Dollar Earnings Hit Under GOP Tax Plan 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z But mental health professionals question the efficacy of rampaging in a faux cubicle or whacking airborne glasses. Anger Rooms: A Smashing New Way to Relieve Stress 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z “It turned out to be guys whacking the doors with their bats as they walked by,” he said. In a Bar in Chicago, the Real M.V.P.s of the Series Got It Done 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “I just tried to slide it through, and it went in. It was just one of those goals, where if you keep whacking at it, eventually, it goes in.” Jay Beagle saves the day for the Capitals against the Jets 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z After Dunbar’s interception ruined a good Giants scoring chance, Beckham raged by the bench, cursing and yelling and, eventually, whacking himself with the kicking net. ‘Desperate’ Redskins Take Risks and Beat Giants 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z The emotions, perhaps some still lingering from the end of last season, reached their peak when Williams took objection to Evgeni Malkin whacking at Holtby’s glove hand late in the second period. Seems like old times: Caps fall to Penguins — this time to start the season 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z "This is a triple whammy - honours to cronies and a whacking great pay rise and then a bumped-up severance package," he said. Labour calls Cameron aides' pay rises 'uber cronyism' - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Filled with descriptions of pipe attacks and old-fashioned “whackings,” a federal indictment unveiled Thursday accused 46 reputed mobsters of a conspiracy that included loan-sharking, extortion, gun-running and violent acts of retribution. East Coast mob sweep is straight out of a Scorsese movie 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z He kept whacking at a puck in front of the net until he was able to slide it past Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. Jay Beagle saves the day for the Capitals against the Jets 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Yes, voters have already started whacking the golden goose with blunt instruments. Global Golf Lessons 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z “I just try and figure out how to keep everyone busy, keep them from whacking each other. Safety is a big thing,” he said. Healing history and undoing the silence 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Something about the whacking is both primal and universal. Why Your Financial Life Feels Like Whac-A-Mole 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z What Austria did not need was their goalkeeper, Robert Almer, to concede a corner by whacking the ball straight into Martin Hinteregger. Cristiano Ronaldo’s missed penalty thwarts Portugal against Austria 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Previously discovered Crispr molecules are very good at whacking apart DNA but don’t protect bacteria from an RNA virus. Scientists Find Form of Crispr Gene Editing With New Capabilities 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z She’s “the workhorse,” her husband said, who also wields the metaphorical riding crop, whacking him when he needs to get to work. Scranton bee operation sees sweet success 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z In his previous game, Colon had homered for the first time in his 19-year career, and on Wednesday, Noah Syndergaard had reinforced the notion of Mets pitchers as dangerous hitters by whacking two home runs. Clayton Kershaw Shuts Down the Mets, Including Bartolo Colon 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z It is a fine approach to the trading pits and winning at whacking. Why Your Financial Life Feels Like Whac-A-Mole 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z One Easter Sunday, she woke to a whacking sound and the sight of “a dripping filleted rabbit” hanging on a clothesline. ‘Devoured’: How diet shapes the modern American 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z A new study by the Evidence-Driven Drug Pricing Project finds that the average margin on cancer drugs, including Medicare and private sales, is 16% for doctors and a whacking 140% for hospitals. Fat loss needed 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Now I know this defence strategy is called “whacking”. 'After everything I went through, Jian is free': Lucy DeCoutere on the trauma of the Jian Ghomeshi trial 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z And this was clearer than ever on Saturday night, when he spanked Trump for whacking Bushes. Five Big Questions After the Harshest G.O.P. Debate Yet 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z But its slowdown is whacking these countries equally hard. As leaders chill in Davos, emerging economies going downhill fast 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z "In my mind, I see him whacking away at my son's head. I see him sawing my son's arm off," Herr said of Wozniak. Father describes horror of his dismembered son's murder 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z A hundred feet below, it’s a very different scene: The scientists are scrambling uphill and down, whacking through undergrowth, being scratched by thorns and persecuted by leeches. The World’s Rarest Ape Lives—and Sings—on a Chinese Island 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z He came to grief with a nasty lie in a bunker on the par-four 10th to drop two shots, then bogeyed the 13th after whacking his tee-shot into water. Rueful Scott clings to share of lead in Melbourne 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z We have our first high-quality rally of the match, with Berdych eventually whacking one into the net after 20 strokes or so. Roger Federer v Tomas Berdych: ATP Tour Finals – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Eleven minutes into the second period they drew level, Gary Cahill whacking a bouncing ball into the net from close range after Zouma flicked on a corner. Andy Carroll scores West Ham’s winner to heap pressure on Chelsea 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z “It is time to fire everybody,” he says, whacking — well, everybody. Inching up in Iowa, Bobby Jindal leaves no room on his right 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z The tougher of the two twins, she hid coolly under a waterfall of dark, black hair, proving her dexterity by perching over the cajón, fiddling with synths, and whacking the bata drums. Ibeyi: 20-year-old twins with haunting and melodic songs 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The Shark was our best No1 man of golf for 20 years and is the reason today there are dozens – hundreds – of Aussies whacking away around the world and winning on the US PGA Tour. Jarryd Hayne isn't your average 'Australian done good' in the US | Matt Cleary 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z We have our first high-quality rally of the match, with Berdych eventually whacking one into the net after 20 strokes or so. Roger Federer v Tomas Berdych: ATP Tour Finals – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z At every level of the game, from young kids whacking green-dot, low-compression balls to world-class athletes training to reach the pro tour, development was all about the coach. Tennis 2.0 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z As Stanford University climate scientist Chris Field told Boston public media, "Basically, the storms that we should've had in California ended up whacking New England." Visualizing a Wet, Hot (and Also Very Dry) American Summer 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z After earning a degree in business management, he got a job at the Atlantic City Country Club as a grunt, whacking weeds and watering grass by hand. A Struggling City Renovates Its Golf Course, Envisioning More Green 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z His successes included whacking investment banks for rigging currencies and interest rates, and punishing high-street banks for mis-selling complex financial products to the public. Wheatley, cropped 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Then he charged up the hill and started whacking away at an outcrop with the business end of a claw hammer. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z It further streamlines project approval, whacking away at the federal red tape that state officials say has slowed the process. Bipartisan Senate bill would fund transportation for 6 years 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Perilously high heels, most obviously, but also whacking great handbags, constrictive clothes, flat-out uncomfortable clothes, clothes that only look good on the very thin, and incapacitatingly expensive price tags. Saint Laurent’s skinny model is the thin end of the wedge | Hadley Freeman 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Nothing, though, dented Djokovic's iron will as the Serb saved five break points over the course of the first two sets to leave a highly-strung Wawrinka whacking the net with his racket. Triumphant Wawrinka dashes Djokovic's Paris dream 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Houston's whacking away at Clippers center DeAndre Jordan — the 28 free throws he shot in the first half were an NBA record — failed to accomplished the team's goal. Another night to forget for Dwight Howard and Rockets in Game 4 loss 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z During the game, he engages in an elaborate and choreographed series of movements after every whistle, spitting water through his teeth and whacking his stick against the goal post four times. In Braden Holtby, Capitals Have a Goalie Who Sees Himself Succeeding 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z What then, in this legislation, prevents the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whacking up tax? Reality Check: Will a ‘No Tax Rises’ law stick? - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Mai Qing, a worker, was whacking vegetables theatrically with a large knife. Influx of Chinese Immigrants Is Reshaping Large Parts of Brooklyn 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z “When you start talking to a doctor about them whacking on you down there, you want to wait a while and think about it,” he said. Tenn. senator says vasectomy ‘more stringent’ than abortion 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z “But with these guys, they might have started whacking each other with them,” he said. Kentucky tries to keep things perfect vs Wisconsin 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The agent claimed Falcao was "a little fearful" of players "whacking and going in hard", explaining: "That was how they injured him in France." Falcao 'cried over form' - ex-agent 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z “Another man approached with a brick and started whacking her with it.” Beach Dogs, a Bitten Girl and a Roiling Debate in Bali 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z In essence, it involves a whole lot of whacking. Taking Aim at Icicles to Keep Trains Moving Into and Out of New York 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The reason: Congress whacking more than a billion dollars from the tax agency's budget over the last few years. Critics are wrong about Apple introducing racist emojis 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z It’s got re-enactments of Jim Crow minions whacking the heads and debilitating the bodies of three or four generations of folks. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Oscar, ‘Selma’ and ‘Scandal’ 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “There’s a lot of problems with this Constitution. I’ll just get up to this convention and start whacking away.” Some Va. Republicans want to amend U.S. Constitution, but a party split is in the way 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z "That way there would be no danger of Labour getting in and whacking up taxes, but that doesn't mean we're going to abolish general elections." Business and politicians – putting the Boots in 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z “It was like whacking a donkey with a two-by-four,” one Detroit-based ad executive told TIME. How Advertisers Conquered the Super Bowl 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z He responded by whacking the net with his racket as Chardy screamed in triumph. Ana Ivanovic, a Favorite in the Women’s Field, Is Out at Australian Open 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z But, there is a clear-headed strategy behind what looks like meek surrender to another ritual whacking at the hands of the electorate. Rochester and Strood: What's at stake? 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Still, I imagine we’d seriously medicate any kid that went around whacking real animals with a giant mallet. Forget The ESRB Rating, 'Super Smash Bros Wii U' Is An All-Ages Family Game 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z If someone started whacking the arms off statues at the Acropolis in order to sell them, you would call the perpetrator a destructive vulgarian with no appreciation of history. Tennessee women’s athletes know what it means to be a ‘Lady’ This past week, Nash posted a brief video on Instagram, no longer available, of himself whacking a golf ball at a driving range. Lakers' Steve Nash opens up to fans about injury, golf clip 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Most states exempt interest on their own municipal bonds from state income tax, while whacking the coupons from other states. Tax Guide for Mutual Fund Distributions 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Amid screams and cursing, hundreds of officers began whacking the protesters who raised a wall of umbrellas. Hong Kong democracy street battles rage on 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Third, a whacking great canyon already exists between the elite game and everything else. NFL officials can correct decisions from on high and far away 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Seager again drew a walk ahead of him and Morales capitalized, whacking a hanging slider from Shawn Tolleson deep into the right field stands. Mariners 7, Rangers 5 — Kendrys Morales belts two homers in the win 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Only if moping around means dancing deep across the backcourt and whacking everything he reaches — and he just about reaches everything, with a combination of power and dexterity that his fellow pros openly admire. Gael Monfils Is the Most Interesting Guy in Tennis 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Their proposed new minimum wage is a whacking 82% of median hourly pay. New Zealand Greens Promise To Increase Unemployment With Minimum Wage Rise 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z “The president helps best when he’s taking up the argument for working people and whacking away at economic issues that matter — pay equity, minimum wage, affordable college loans and more,” Poersch said. ‘Disconnected Obama’ needs to change conversation to help party in midterms They returned the ball by whacking it in. The Edwardian attempt to merge tennis and cricket 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z After a while, he got tired of weed whacking the creek’s bank. The landmark goat of Detters Mill 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z “Not that whacking moles doesn’t work – but it is unnecessarily intrusive in people’s lives, which erodes their limited confidence in the police, and undermines something fundamental to our ideals of democracy.” Predicting crime, LAPD-style 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Newcomer Keen Games tries its hand at the third in this Diablo-like fantasy about racing around a giant map, whacking enemies and vacuuming loot. 20 Video Games to Watch for Summer 2014 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z He's not a doctor, he's just whacking a ball around. Federer’s Exit Is No Shock, Especially to His Opponent 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Span led off with a double, whacking a 91-mph sinker into the right field corner. Darvish shuts down Nationals He figured a goat would eat the weeds and save him the trouble of whacking the weeds. The landmark goat of Detters Mill 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Without it there is no golf at all but only the game depicted on those 17th-century Dutch woodcuts showing people equipped with sticks and balls whacking away aimlessly. News Analysis: A Birdbath-Size Hole and the Future of Golf 2014-04-26T19:47:09Z It’s a deep one, and comes with a kick, literally: release, and kick your right foot out, like you’re also whacking an invisible soccer ball. The Shabazz Show Wins Title For UConn 2014-04-08T05:31:37Z Some of them are lobbying for Washington to take a circumspect approach and avoid whacking too hard against what they consider the economic drivers that are modernizing Russia, the Financial Timesreported. New sanctions are driving Russians to drink 2014-01-12T14:00:00Z Tom Cooper picked up after Myburgh departed by whacking four straight sixes before he was out for 45 off 15 balls. Netherlands victory knocks out Irish 2014-03-21T12:35:59Z But there is nothing quite like pulling on those pink tights and whacking through a three-hour ballet. Lauren Cuthbertson: 10 ballet tips 2013-12-07T00:27:38Z The first time we played he was so enthusiastic that he gave himself a massive haematoma on the thigh by whacking it with a tambourine. Graeme Swann - spinner, singer and showman 2013-10-29T00:01:03Z Time and again, he found himself whacking at the ball out of the rough or trying to escape the treacherous bunkers. Zach Johnson shakes off defeat, leads at Muirfield 2013-07-18T14:12:38Z On the other three occasions, the sharks opted for a ‘sideways tail-slap’, charging their bodies forward to postion themselves alongside some sardines before whacking them with a horizontal, sideways slap. Thresher sharks tail-slap sardines into oblivion 2013-07-11T16:15:09.243Z It was the central banking equivalent of whacking a hog across the snout. China's Message to Banks: No More Easy Money, Lax Oversight 2013-06-27T22:50:08Z Higher swap rates should mean lenders start whacking up the cost of new fixed-rate mortgages – but, so far, there is little evidence of this. Mortgages, savings, pensions: is it all change for interest rates? 2013-06-29T06:00:35Z In 2009, it was merged with the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission into one whacking great watchdog – the Care Quality Commission — to inspect the whole lot, with less funding. The sick in care homes suffer and those in charge swan off with platinum handshakes 2013-06-24T16:02:47Z “There are five people with a bat, and his education policies are a piñata, and they have just been whacking away,” he said. Schools Chancellor to Strike Back at Candidates Critical of Mayor’s Policies 2013-05-18T02:24:58Z Hartley served a ban earlier this season after being cited for whacking Best off the ball in a Heineken Cup match between Northampton and Ulster and his aggressive competitiveness will ensure sparky training sessions. Wilkinson turned down Lions chance, says Gatland 2013-04-30T12:37:10Z Iceland’s Supreme Court also last week upheld a decision ordering Visa Iceland to process payments to WikiLeaks, with the threat of whacking great fines if it fails to comply. Cutlasses Between Their Teeth, Three Pirate MPs Board Iceland's Parliament 2013-04-29T11:50:33Z But he took an inside fastball and laid off a slider before whacking a pitch too far for Bonifacio to catch up to, scoring pinch runner Dewayne Wise from third. Viciedo comes through in clutch to lift Sox over Jays 2013-04-17T04:27:00Z The most remarkable thing of all was that England were whacking their opponents while giving the distinct impression of playing within themselves. San Marino 0-8 England 2013-03-22T22:09:00Z Our national government in Washington is whacking you again. The hidden tax that Washington doesn’t want you to know about 2013-03-01T01:25:00Z In the video, the sharp sound of metal whacking against skull can be heard above the din of the crowd. Xi’an Journal: Beating in Xi’an for Offense of Driving Japanese Car 2012-10-11T01:25:09Z "We went from hunting elephants to whacking ants with a mallet," says Mr. Fuhrman, who found stained carpets, piles of discarded clothing, a broken door and signs of a recent living-room camp out by squatters. Firms Flock to Foreclosure Auctions 2012-09-12T01:25:13Z Thus, whacking one big mole created hundreds of smaller ones. News Analysis: Internet Pirates Will Always Win 2012-08-04T18:10:53Z In the final set she hit a deft drop shot to hold for a 5-4 lead, then broke serve in the last game, whacking a return winner on the first match point. Wimbledon runner-up upset in indoor Olympic match 2012-07-29T14:17:10Z I believe in taxing people to pay for the government — but I don’t believe in whacking people in sneaky ways, the way the AMT did and the way the Affordable Care Act surcharges will. The hidden tax that Washington doesn’t want you to know about 2013-03-01T01:25:00Z It was as if we discovered a magical sword in the woods and then went about confronting enemies by whacking them with the sheath. Monetary policy: Rethinking macro 2012-07-26T19:59:10Z Companies based there will receive whacking great tax breaks. Innovation in Russia: Can Russia create a new Silicon Valley? 2012-07-12T15:01:30Z A forehand into the net from Serena brings it back to 30-all, but she then earns her first break point by whacking a backhand away off a weak second serve. Radwanska v Williams – live! 2012-07-07T13:44:46Z Lately, the euro zone's whacking seems to have lost its force. Euro zone whack-a-mole #wonkbook 2012-06-19T12:10:15Z Amateur video posted on the Internet last week showed men carrying pictures of President Bashar al-Assad whacking the cars with sticks. Analysis: Hostility and skepticism mar U.N. Syria mission 2012-06-18T15:34:42Z "The Conservative-led government must come clean about how much extra they plan to charge hard-pressed motorists by whacking up the rate of vehicle excise duty", he said. Road tax changes being considered 2012-05-31T13:48:16Z If this is supping with the devil, then it appears as though Waterstones gets a teaspoon and Amazon's Beelzebub a whacking great ladle. James Daunt: the bibliophile who means business 2012-05-26T23:06:18Z Jouris, I don't doubt your story, but I wonder ... after whacking her daughter upside the head, did the mother in this tale offer to babysit the child sometimes while her daughter was working? Economics and culture: Maybe teen motherhood isn't so bad 2012-05-17T17:55:27Z It took some whacking blows to bring that ebony idol down; but what a world of hypocrisy, cruelty and lies went into the dust with it! A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z But when Tsonga broke in the fourth game of the second set for 3-1, Harrison took it out on his racket, whacking it so violently the frame bent into a right angle. Isner Pulls U.S. Even With France in Davis Cup 2012-04-07T03:48:08Z They were a blur of whacking hockey sticks, shouting coaches and flying pucks. Hockey breaks ice for Arab and Jewish teens 2012-03-02T08:25:09Z That he was a friend to Glen was indisputable, for coming upon the scene from between two lines of freight he pounced on Slump, whacking him smartly about his legs with his flag stick. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z The midfielder plumbed new depths by grabbing an opponent's arm and whacking himself in the face with it, and then collapsing. Column: And the Oscar goes to ... Soccer cheats! 2012-02-17T09:11:19Z Smyth tied it just 16 seconds into the 5-minute power play, whacking the puck in from the right post for his 15th goal. Andy Sutton scores tiebreaking goal as Oilers beat Blackhawks 4-3 to end 3-game slide 2012-01-03T04:17:45Z Desperate to break from the pack, they’re whacking away in hopes of sinking opponents and wooing undecided voters. GOP campaigns turn nasty and negative in Iowa; expect more of the same as election progresses 2011-12-31T16:28:54Z We sent a verbal message to say we would call later, and then we are dashed on again; the smiling Armenian whacking his mule and trying to keep pace with the formal, solemn officers. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z My father set my sister up in business as a British peeress and bought her her husband and settled a whacking dower on her. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Shrugging his shoulders he wheeled and went to the bunk house, where he stumbled over a box, whacking his shins soundly. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Wall, he heard shouts as he come up to the shack, and saw Hurley whacking Tom here, the lad he'd got apprenticed to him. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z My father unhitched her from the cart and gave her a terrible whacking. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z It's good for whacking someone -- punishment, vengeance -- but far less helpful when it comes to remaking a foreign land. The Lessons of Libya 2011-10-20T18:05:42Z Her heart was beating so loudly that it seemed to her that someone was whacking a carpet somewhere with a stick. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z The men had brought saws and axes with them, and were thus enabled by cutting here and whacking there to make a tolerably good road. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z With government axes whacking school budgets and teaching a popular option among career switchers, tutoring seems like a natural port in the storm. Why You Should Hire E-lancers 2011-09-27T07:00:00Z I can see a fellow whacking away at a wide bender that he expects is going to be a swift one over the rubber. Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z When they were still whacking him with Gloster bets he became somewhat nervous and sent his agent to Kelley again for reassurance. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z It had a whacking big——" "But you should have heard them whistling. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z There's a bunch of other standard pablum about whacking the EPA and labor unions -- none of that matters for job growth -- just standard R candidate box-checking. The problem with Romney's jobs plan 2011-09-07T18:01:00Z House Republicans have proposed whacking another $8.6 billion from the budget for the State Department and foreign aid in fiscal 2012, starting October 1. Obama's "smart power" plan risks death of 1,000 cuts 2011-09-07T06:29:45Z Here, if anybody is ill he wants the doctor to drink the medicine with him in whacking tumblers, and won't accept a recipe unless it covers a whole sheet of foolscap. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z With one leap he was among them, whacking to right and left with his belaying-pin. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Later that season, some older reporters began whacking away at Maris, who ultimately felt underappreciated by Yankees management. Sports of The Times: 50 Years Later, Maris?s 61-Homer Season Looks Even Better 2011-08-20T16:23:52Z I say, what a whacking great piece of cheese! The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z To start us off, here's Martin Laplace, who wrote from Argentina with a whacking great list. Commentators' weirdest football nicknames 2011-07-19T21:59:01Z And like some seasons of The Sopranos, it used its penultimate episode to show us the big whacking--that of Ned Stark. Game of Thrones Review: Rising from the Ashes 2011-06-17T06:45:00Z The best pillows for whacking are the big, fluffy kind rather than the small, hard sofa kind. New parenting guide offers the art of roughhousing 2011-06-14T15:50:45Z Bellowing with fear the brute tore off across the plain again, now with the wreck of Jimsey’s saddle bounding over the ground behind him and whacking him across the rump at every other jump. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z It slashed public goods and investments — whacking school budgets, increasing the cost of public higher education, reducing job training, cutting public transportation and allowing bridges, ports and highways to corrode. The truth about the American economy 2011-05-31T15:32:00Z This habit annoyed people much, and the poor bear often came bundling out of windows, with old gentlemen whacking him with canes, or ladies throwing water after him. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Daisy and her big brother were whacking each other around a little bit so I asked her if she wanted to come sit with me and watch the horse race. Injuries lead to wide-open Kentucky Derby field 2011-05-07T20:24:00Z He began whacking the ball against the wall with effortless precision — left hand, thwock! Sweat: When the Court Won?t Let Go 2011-05-07T22:39:13Z But Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters' packaging features a whacking great "Masters" logo, with Woods's name in an apologetic, undersized font as an afterthought. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters ? review 2011-04-02T23:08:20Z He took a swing at the bottom of his sneaker, whacking it harder than he hit a ball all day. Key Biscayne: Murray loses to 118th-ranked player 2011-03-26T01:30:48Z We are one of six countries with a plausible chance of whacking the cup. How cricket saved Sri Lanka 2011-03-13T00:05:13Z He brought two dunnage bags and a whacking accent with him. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Havlat was called for tripping a little later, skating right to the box before it was even announced and slamming the door before whacking his stick on the board. Toews scores again, Blackhawks beat Wild 4-2 2011-03-01T03:51:09Z Existential winter whacking and bloodletting in snowy South Jersey. Our Towns: Had Enough? Just Imagine All-Snow TV 2011-01-31T01:45:07Z Wandering the halls of Davos, I run into Anthony Scaramucci, a US hedge fund boss who enjoyed 15 minutes of fame in September by angrily accusing Barack Obama of whacking Wall Street "like a piñata". Davos diary: Let's avoid the double-dip, George, we're in a fondue restaurant 2011-01-28T19:17:57Z The man was commissioned to drive some cattle to a sale-ring in the city, and had scratched an ankle rather badly while whacking one of the steers out of a bed of thorns. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z "They were whacking each other left and right," she said. Toppling the mobs 2011-01-21T00:15:30Z Angry Madrid fans rejoice too: they look forward to whacking him one at the Bernabéu. Espanyol indebted to Mauricio Pochettino as kids show their worth 2011-01-17T16:50:38Z “That’s a heck of a whacking for those puts,” said Andrew Wilkinson, the senior market analyst at Greenwich, Connecticut- based Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote in a report. Apollo Puts Backfire in Biggest Options-Market Loss 2011-01-11T23:21:29Z In the likely event the effort fails to pass the Democrat-controlled Senate, House Republican leaders say they will keep whacking at the law piece by piece until it crumbles. Democrats mount second sales pitch on health-care law as Republicans seek repeal 2011-01-09T03:13:00Z Few children received so many whackings as his son. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z With a definite thud the tilting leg of Guthrie's chair came whacking down on the piazza floor. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z In this, the “grinding season,” tractors are whacking down rows of stalks and loading them into haulers that crisscross the sugar fields on their way to a local mill. Writer Tends Land Where Ancestors Were Slaves 2010-10-21T01:01:00Z “When are we going to stop whacking Wall Street like a piñata?” Talking Business: Wall Street?s State of Denial 2010-10-01T22:08:00Z One investor at the forum, Anthony Scaramucci, said the administration has been "whacking at the Wall Street pinata." Obama answers skeptics after recession is declared officially over 2010-09-21T00:51:00Z “When are we going to stop whacking at the Wall Street piñata?” Obama Fends Off Antibusiness Charge 2010-09-20T18:00:00Z He certainly doesn't want us going out there and whacking it. Danny Murphy full of respect for Paul Scholes - unlike Fabio Capello 2010-08-22T08:00:00Z "Companies are now whacking customers with fines at the gate for extra bags," Bower says. Airlines hit travellers with extra baggage charges 2010-08-14T23:04:00Z Even though she has establishment backing, Ms. Norton is not campaigning that way, whacking Washington as out of control and joining the others in disparaging the capital culture. Close Senate Races to Test Depth of Voter Discontent 2010-08-08T19:07:00Z Iniesta helped sell the yellow card to Webb by toppling easier; he had sustained worse whackings this night. Sports of The Times: Spain?s Victory a Bright Spot of a Charming Cup 2010-07-11T23:02:00Z “Sorry,” he told the cockroach, whacking it several times with a sneaker. Houseguest, Teenager and King of Tibet 2010-06-12T01:23:00Z Shakib, however, is all action, whacking Finn through mid-off and they run three. Live - England v Bangladesh 2010-05-31T09:30:00Z Baghdatis buckles, trying to force the issue by advancing into the net, but only whacking a forehand onto the cord, sending the ball bouncing wide left of court. Follow the match, game by game 2010-05-28T13:12:00Z Even for Wellington, who had spent much of his life whacking the French, this was a bit too close for comfort. The thrill of the count 2010-04-23T15:01:00Z He had a scoring chance midway through the third period after spinning around near the goal and whacking at the puck. Pavelski's OT goal lifts Sharks over Avalanche 2010-04-21T05:17:00Z Others recall that when confronted with a mechanical problem in a laboratory setting, he often gave the same advice as he would in the garage: “Did you try whacking it?” Robert Pound, Physicist Whose Work Advanced Medicine, Is Dead at 90 2010-04-20T03:17:00Z Still, there's no denying that there's something cool about whacking a carcass with a big knife. Home-Butchered Meat: Classes Take Off in New Food Trend 2010-03-23T10:45:00Z Humberto became the third man to be sent off for whacking Koscis, who survived the assault to score a late fourth and seal victory for Hungary. The Joy of Six: Footballing brawls | Scott Murray 2010-03-19T10:36:00Z That is done by whacking the shoes with a metal pipe. 25 years of spring training memories 2010-03-15T19:45:00Z Erick Cadret, 51, has spent days digging and whacking away at a pile of concrete that used to be his home. 2010-01-24T02:49:00Z Ooh!” repeated the big fellow, whacking away at the crab with the handle of his net. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway The ‘Wedding’ has now been out three months and is in its tenth edition, the last six whacking big ones. Where the Path Breaks He ceased whacking her, but she squawked for some minutes and then fell placidly asleep in the sunshine. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel She had picked up a whacking big stone and was standing there ready to heave it. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Then he told a whacking big lie, at any rate as far as I am concerned. In the Whirl of the Rising Well that certainly is a whacking big python—the very biggest I’ve ever seen. A Frontier Mystery “Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself, nephew,” retorted the old woman, whacking the floor with her stick. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion So Step Hen went on, shouting and whacking away, doing the best he was able under the circumstances. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine Later, there is a great whacking of horns among the branches. The Story of the Trapper Until a whacking big tarantula woke me up by promenading over my ear. In the Whirl of the Rising There are just two whacking big box stalls in the place. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories The money I got for the portrait—maybe I shouldn't have asked such a whacking big price if I hadn't wanted that money—I turned that in to the Brotherhood. Rose MacLeod He can do nothing of the sort, unless he and his superior officers care to face a whacking demand for damages. The Bartlett Mystery So he declared, again whacking me on the back. Francezka They're whacking up with him, and they want him to stay. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys The donkey carriage was going slowly up the road; she could hear the whacking of a stick and the driver's "gone a' that." The Weans at Rowallan First of all it shows that Maud is not a regular member of the gang, but that they have been whacking up with her just to gain her good will. The Deaves Affair Then begins the fun of the fair—all is slashing and whacking, and the hardest skull generally comes off the best. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence As the horses gained the level prairie, their driver laid aside a huge black-snake whip with which he had been soundly whacking them, and looked about. The Plow-Woman Nick was busying himself whacking a few open on the side, "just to test them," as he said; for they noticed that he made no contributions to the general fund. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida Even without the benefit of past thoughts," Gordon was saying, whacking off a weed a yard away and nearly upsetting himself, "a mind with nothing to do but think could accomplish miracles. The Unthinking Destroyer He filled up his plate again with beans and jowl, whacking the grinning jawbone with his knife to free the clinging shreds of meat. The Bondboy Banging people in the head—whacking them in the stomach! Holes, Incorporated Let's hope for his sake that Charles has a whacking good alibi! The Monk of Hambleton I was getting tired of swinging my club, and whacking that terrible critter. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School Nae whacking ten years' sentence, Wi' advices o' repentance, And learn in years of leisure to admire the "law's delay." Law and Laughter This "Hew to the line" stuff is all right until the chips begin whacking the head of your friend. The Million-Dollar Suitcase Robert could hear oaths and vile words, and then the whacking of clubs, and saw the soldiers fleeing towards their barracks followed by the people. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance “Say!” he was drawling, as he strode the saw-dusted floor, whacking his leggings with his riding crop, “what would you Johnnies do with a rotter that grossly maltreated your horse?” The Spoilers of the Valley He was powerfully supported by all the young fellows of the place, whose reverence for him, born of recent severe whackings, was limitless. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Upon one occasion His Majesty caught one of these fugitives, and whacking him over the head with his Spanish reed, cried angrily: "What do you want to run away from me for?" Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess "My, you're a blossom!" gasped the biggest brother, walking around and around her; "an' not any of your skimpy flowers, neither; just a whacking big white rose with a yellow center!" The Biography of a Prairie Girl He sprang up and down, whacking them without ceasing. Robin Hood Andrew Johnstone seemed to share his opinion, for he made no answer, but walked along whacking the wayside weeds with vicious strokes of his big stick. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro For a long time Jinnie was willing to remain quietly on the hut steps where she could see the cobbler whacking away on the torn footwear. Rose O'Paradise Say, if you wasn’t a cripple,” he continued to the young restaurant keeper, “I’d give you something for whacking me with that crutch of yours.” Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail "Read, read, read!" commanded the teacher, whacking the chart with a pointer. The Biography of a Prairie Girl I seem to recall that you have a cider-press on your farm on Crow's Mountain,—and a whacking good orchard, too. Anderson Crow, Detective Andrew Johnstone ceased his vicious whacking of Duncan's asters and conveyed his stick to its decorous Sabbath position behind him. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro But they’ve got a whacking great fire, sir, so they must be going to camp there for the night.” Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills “The war’s such a whacking big thing, you see,” he said with a conciliatory smile. The Rough Road When he comes back this time, he shall have a jolly good whacking!' The Giant's Robe The driver endeavored to check their dreadful noise by whacking them over the heads, but it availed nothing. The Riflemen of the Miami As regards your brother you may get in touch with him, but German East is a whacking big country. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Shark's back fin is shorter and broader, and he keeps his tail-fluke whacking from side to side. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The audience wouldn’t give her a whacking if the show went badly! The Bill-Toppers It was pandemonium in a minute, with yells and curses, pushing and blows, men whacking one another and the beasts indiscriminately. Peking Dust So the woman called her husband and they took big sticks and went down to the river and commenced whacking Bruin who, by this time, was fast in the ice. Europa's Fairy Book There’s more in life than whacking rivets and holding the caulker. Prescott of Saskatchewan He himself appeared to be unaffected by it, lurching from one man to another, whacking them with the burning torch or playfully upsetting them. Blackbeard: Buccaneer "Well, fancy a poor artist sacrificing all that money in order to watch eight men galloping after a white ball and whacking it and each other's ponies unmercifully." A Son of the Immortals "I know it, and I am sorry now," said the penitent Judy, "but fortunately no harm has been done except to my silly head, which needed a good whacking, anyhow." Molly Brown's Senior Days "I have been feeling like a bug under a thimble for some little time," stated Otie, whacking his chisel sturdily. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The disturbance came from the front piazza, but when they went out there nothing, for a moment, was visible, though the same mysterious whacking and banging went on, under the table. Cricket at the Seashore Now Little White Fox had lain hid behind the muckluck grass nearly splitting himself with laughter at the thought of the whacking their heads were going to get after awhile. Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends We lives on the simple fruits of the earth, my dears; we eats of the root, and we drinks of the spring; but that doesn't prevent us having a whacking appetite somewhere about seven forty-five. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols As they ran they could hear the Judge still whacking away at everybody, including the Mayor, and the Constable, whose screams were piercing. The Magic Pudding The ladies are going about the camp whisking their tails and whacking their babies in great glee, for it is not every day they enjoy such a feed as they had last night.” Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions He had reminded her of it by whacking his hand against his thigh. Joan of Arc of the North Woods “All your own fault,” I kept telling myself, to keep from whacking him across the nose, his one vulnerable point, with my stick. Wood Folk at School What! whacking the water, sir, with their tails? Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris “Och! the curse of Crummell light on you for a greedy old sow as ye are,” he exclaimed, whacking away at the creature, who didn’t care for his blows, though she dared not attack him. Paddy Finn “It’s a whacking big pike, that I know,” cried Tom. Ernest Bracebridge School Days She’s just hoisted her sail, and a whacking big sail it is. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “It would not make Scood an enemy, father, and a good whacking would do him good.” Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai Here’s such a whacking great effet, same as used to be in our pond at home.” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle Then there would have been whackings here, and they’d have hurt me, so I made up my mind to stay.” Burr Junior “Why, what a whacking big fellow it will be!” exclaimed Ernest. Ernest Bracebridge School Days “What we’d better do is to get up a whacking petition to Pony,” said he. The Master of the Shell Oh, for that chin strap which was whacking my face! Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year “Well,” said Billy, “there aren’t much to tell, only that as we was going along I says to the skipper, I says, ‘There’s a whacking great shark along yonder.’ Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle They were no army to go whacking on the shoulder. The Masques of Ottawa Without uttering a sound they belabored the ruffians, beating, whacking, prodding and swinging their clubs to good purpose. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods I'm sick, sore and sorry whacking him, so I am, and before long I'll be hung on the head of him. Here are Ladies Potter caugt a whacking snaping tirtle. he gave it to Sam Dire and he cut his head of after it was cut of it wood bite a stick. 'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First They were glad to see the rowdies get a whacking; glad that for once the assailants had run up against the wrong crowd. Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field It will take an hour or two to shift those whacking big stones. Jack Haydon's Quest He whistles or sings to himself until, at last, he hears the platoon sergeant waking the next relief by whacking the soles of their boots with his rifle butt. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army But now the enemy appeared round the corner, tooting incessantly on his whistle, and whacking sparks from the cobblestones as he ran. Here are Ladies "Sure," she told him lightly, whacking her gum for emphasis. The She Boss A Western Story "I'll never let it get away;" and they could hear the whistle of his labored breathing, and the loud whacking of his stick, as they cowered behind the guide, white with terror. All Aboard A Story for Girls When he reached the top of the steps no amount of whacking with the ankus could make him turn to the right and follow the city street. Caves of Terror "Not that you," with a careless glance at Margaret's pale, thoughtful face, "look strong enough to give them much of a whacking." The Rebellion of Margaret See if I don't do some whacking articles, all about the stars and the moon and the creation of Adam and that sort of thing. Gilbert Keith Chesterton We have a President who so far forgets the traditions of his office as to beguile his spare moments by whacking the heads of his friends in a game of singlestick. The Mayor of Warwick Now the rest of youths, that day, chose the valley bottoms as a matter of course, and trooped about in parties, with much whacking of bushes. News from the Duchy Davey kicked him in the nose, and the vice principal toppled over backward, whacking his head on the sharp corner of his desk. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town In whacking him off I broke one of his legs, and made his wings all awry. Ways of Wood Folk Then, to a whacking of cables through blocks, the gig-boats touched water, and all hands were racing for the shore. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade |
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