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our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Argyle trounced Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 8-0. Lauren Ellis punched in a loose ball in front of the net in the 2nd minute to give the Owls a 1-0 lead and that held up for the entire first half.
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025
Major Intermediate Buy Signal Still Intact The AAII Bull-Bear Spread residing at minus 40.1 continues to reflect a percentage of pessimists trouncing the optimists by a factor of 3, with recent readings some of the most Bearish in history, given that Main Street is usually Bullish.
—John Buckingham, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Shares of the health-care middleman have trounced the S & P 500 over the past five years.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Others trounced their competition, such as Santiago’s, which has restaurants across the Front Range, took 72% of the popular vote against D’Corazon.
—Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025
Major Intermediate Buy Signal Still Intact The AAII Bull-Bear Spread residing at minus 40.1 continues to reflect a percentage of pessimists trouncing the optimists by a factor of 3, with recent readings some of the most Bearish in history, given that Main Street is usually Bullish.
—John Buckingham, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Shares of the health-care middleman have trounced the S & P 500 over the past five years.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Others trounced their competition, such as Santiago’s, which has restaurants across the Front Range, took 72% of the popular vote against D’Corazon.
—Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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