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The bombers and fighters pummeled the enemy and softened up the defenses so that the Allied ground troops had less work to do.

But across the Pacific, it's as if the global economic forces that have pummeled Detroit never struck.

Waiting it out: The global economic downturn has pummeled China hard, with migrant workers being among the worst hit.

It's unclear how Harmoush, a native of the pummeled yet fiercely resistant Syrian city of Homs, ended up in regime custody.

Natural disasters, like the earthquake and tsunami that pummeled Japan, often force refineries to shut down, leading to higher fuel prices.

Felix Gillette, a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek, says the scandal has also pummeled the company's stock.

As a teen in his native Taiwan, Bo-wen Shen observed helplessly as typhoon after typhoon pummeled the small island country.

Two days later, one of the worst earthquakes in three decades pummeled China's southwestern Sichuan province.

Intense fear that global debt issues and stagnant growth cannot be resolved has pummeled market confidence in the past couple of months.

The storm pummeled prime growing areas where ripe canola was ready for harvest and damage is expected to be "significant. "

With her husband's home repair business pummeled by the housing downturn, the bills are mounting.

Energy companies already have been pummeled by the broader stock-market selloff and concerns about falling oil prices.

The areas pummeled by the earthquake and tsunami in March would surely be inhospitable for an electric vehicle.

Police say at least 59 people were killed as Sandy pummeled New York City and New Jersey.

The planets and the major moons have all been squeezed and heated by gravity and pummeled by giant impacts, erasing much of their history.

Silently he listened, absorbing their despair like a punching bag pummeled by pent-up rage.

During the ensuing decade, hyperinflation pummeled the Austrian economy, melting away the savings of millions of people.

Floods, landslides and mudslides have pummeled several southwestern regions.

Getting pummeled by three men with kicks, punches and jabs is not how I typically spend my vacation.

Eastern Europe, from Belgium to Greece, struggled with flooding during a recent storm that pummeled the area.

Theglobal economic crisis has pummeled Japan, which depends largely on its auto and electronics exports.

Last summer, lawmakers pummeled ratings firms for being too sanguine about mortgage bonds.

Charlie Kenton is an ex-fighter whose bots keep getting pummeled in the ring.

Everywhere I go lately, I've been pummeled with the same question: 'When will the market bottom?

Heavy rain and hail blasted several counties, fallen trees, pummeled homes.

Without one, the LDP will continue to get pummeled at the ballot box.

Look, when he comes out and sits on the bench, that's when he gets pummeled.

Bonuses in areas that haven't been pummeled as badly, such as asset management and brokerage units, will suffer smaller declines.

We're getting pummeled here! Oall in air support! Oall in air support!

He pummeled Paddy Barnes of Ireland, winning by decision, 15-0.

In contrast, those missing the mark were pummeled 4. 5%, and even those merely meeting the mark gave up 3. 6% in ensuing profit-taking.

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Berlin being pummeled by Soviet bombs