Word: routed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contest turned into a rout after a goal by Lamont and two by Pyle had made the score 14 to 9 at 8:37 of the period. Allen shook loose for three of the last four Eli goals, the final one off Chris Stone, who replaced MacKinnon when he was slashed on the ankle...
...preliminary game, Bill Richling, with 26 points, and Greg Loser, with 21, led the Yardling five to a 90-72 rout over the Northeastern freshmen. Bob Bowditch, the freshman high scorer, also tallied 19 for the victors...
...sense of values for all his violences. There is Eugene's snappish, put-upon sister; there is his protective brother Ben, who, as in the novel, is more notable dying than when alive. The Gants' tumultuous strifes and set-tos constantly startle and sometimes even rout the genteel, almost ghostly boarders...
Meyner's rout of Republican Malcolm Forbes was impressive enough for friends to promote him seriously...
Much of the selling was in odd lots (less than 100 shares) from all across the U.S., and stocks were dumped at any price in a flurry of panicky selling by small investors, often in direct contradiction to the economic facts. The market rout was also aided by professional short selling, and forced sales to meet margin calls from brokers (though such calls went out to only about 5% of margin accounts...