drubbing

I shall be surprised if they do not take another drubbing in Africa.

It was principally younger Poles, turning out in unprecedented numbers, who handed Law and Justice its election drubbing (see article).

And I think Obama came back after the midterm elections, after taking a drubbing, and said, "I'm going to play centrist with you. "

But he does not think the victory will necessarily save the Democrats from a drubbing in November or even be a net positive.

The best hope for the Obama presidency may be the drubbing for Democrats in November that looks increasingly likely.

But it is unlikely to repeat the drubbing that it gave the BDP (then known as the DTP) in Kurdish areas in 2007.

Good heavens! What a critical drubbing! Whatever it is must be a real turkey. What could it be?

Three days earlier Angela Merkel's coalition government got a drubbing in state elections in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

He could communicate: yes with upshot eyes, a neck-bow for affirmation, a drubbing of feet on his wheelchair for attention.

Ahead of an expected drubbing in local and European elections, Britain's prime minister prepared a ministerial reshuffle.

The President took a drubbing from much of the press, which had breathlessly reported that a deal was in the bag.

It was not a classic Chelsea performance, but showed plenty of promise following on from last week's 7-0 drubbing of Ipswich.

The new leader will have his work cut out to avoid a drubbing at the polls.

It may be too soon to write him off, despite the drubbing he received at the hands of UBS shareholders.

The drubbing that they delivered to Democrats in state elections in Louisiana last month is typical.

In a general election this spring, the BJP took a drubbing. It now controls only 116 seats in the 543-member parliament.

More cup joy followed in November 2007 with a hat-trick in an 8-0 drubbing of Besiktas in the Champions League group stages.

Despite November's drubbing, Mr Obama retains formidable advantages.

The drubbing has emboldened LDP politicians to resist more collaboration.

Roma's first friendly of the summer was a humiliating 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Borussia Dortmund.

Its powerful left-wing parties campaigned against liberalization and got their worst drubbing at the polls in 40 years.

US stocks came back from Tuesday's drubbing on news that the Federal Reserve was unlikely to raise interest rates in the very near future.

Already, Democrats are pointing fingers over who to blame for the drubbing.

Instead, we should hope that FIFA works with these (mostly small) companies working to save its massive hide from another public drubbing.

Milan's 4-0 drubbing of Barcelona in the 1994 European Cup final was an astoundingly courageous tactical masterpiece.

ITALY'S prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, took a drubbing in partial local elections on May 15th and 16th.

Silver on Tuesday suffered its worst one-day drubbing in three decades.

After taking a drubbing last year, emerging markets fared particularly well.