as in hiding
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
was cowhiding the horse until a police officer intervened
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The small black dog slipped away from its owners and ended up hiding under a northbound 2 train at the 14th Street station Thursday.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025 -
The episode ends with Matty officially agreeing to work with Olympia to save Julian and bury Senior, though Matty has some demands, including wanting Julian — once all the dust has settled — to apologize for hiding the document.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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In one short, a young Stuckmann, dressed as Harrison Ford's lasso-whipping adventurer, jumps onto the back of a moving car.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mash as desired, either with a potato masher or by whipping with an electric mixer.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Some of this slashing and burning can be explained by the old-fashioned small-government fanaticism of administration personnel like Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Insurers are slashing networks, hiking deductibles, and pulling out of entire counties.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Fake applause, no support or faithful and never switching.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Alexa voice remote makes searching and switching between shows easy, and setup takes only a few minutes.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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While a wagging dog’s tail might indicate excitement or friendliness, a flicking cat’s tail can signal irritation.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Only the paintings bore witness to her intense, solitary writing sessions, conducted in the studio by night, Stein flicking the pages of her notebooks with hardly a pause, until dawn birdsong disturbed her concentration.—
Francesca Wade,
Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Cowhiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowhiding. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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