pummeling

After the constant pummeling from the press and Obama supporters to pull out of this race, even though there are millions and millions of people who support her, she must be feeling an incredible emotional strain.

Hillary Clinton chokes up in CNN interview 2008

February 17, 1988, I opened my eyes and heard a procession of sounds: first the phone going off on the opposite side of the bed, rousing us at 5: 04 a.m. to what could only be a calamity, then rain pummeling the roof of our old Victorian house, sluicing its sneaky way to the basement, and finally small puffs of air coming from Hugh’s lower lip, each one perfectly timed, like a metronome.

Excerpt: The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd 2005

None of us wanted to brave the sheets of rain pummeling the sidewalks.

Deluge in Guadalajara 1999

He did not retreat into the bite-size initiatives - V-chips, school uniforms - embraced by an emasculated Bill Clinton after his midterm pummeling of 1994.

ModerateVoters.org 2010

The New York Daily News reports that Rios served three months in a Puerto Rican prison for "pummeling" his former girlfriend.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez Backs Out Of New York Puerto Rican Day Parade Over Parade Leader's Domestic Violence History (VIDEO) 2010

But does he delight in bringing on, you know, these left wing professors and activists who don't have that much TV experience and kind of pummeling thing?

CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2007 2007

There's no need for him to, I think, personally, be out there kind of pummeling her any more than she already is.

CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2007 2007

After a dispute, Rodriguez began punching Pena about the head, pinning him against the wall and "pummeling" him while he was on the ground, according to the prosecution.

New York Mets News 2010

Midterm elections: International media reports on the 'pummeling'

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

Midterm elections: International media reports on the 'pummeling'

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010