So, on the one hand, it’s like they’re playing whack-a-mole with extremists without necessarily being willing to change the design of the social network that’s built to elevate extremism.
The member of Congress who’s trying to stop QAnon|Rebecca Heilweil|October 9, 2020|Vox
Yet the county still prohibits the sale of cannabis, meaning deputies are constantly engaged in a game of whack-a-mole with illegal shops.
Dems Want Control of the County – Here’s What They Say They’d Do With it|Jesse Marx|October 7, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Telepath’s name policy is meant to make sure the content moderation team can fully focus on spotting abuse rather than playing whack-a-mole with burner accounts.
A new social-media platform wants to enforce “kindness.” Can that ever work?|Tanya Basu|October 7, 2020|MIT Technology Review
A nicer environment could reset to normal the stress responses that had been thrown out of whack by early-life trauma, these studies showed.
Puberty may reboot the brain and behaviors|Esther Landhuis|August 27, 2020|Science News For Students
CFOs overwhelmingly think the valuation for stocks is out of whack, with 84% of respondents describing equities as overvalued.
Hurricane Laura and the Fed pack a one-two punch, pushing global stocks lower|Bernhard Warner|August 27, 2020|Fortune
Say the Democrats: When all else fails, whack them on Social Security.
Hooray for Liberal Fear-Mongering!|Michael Tomasky|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.
What Did You Do in the Targeted Action, Daddy?|John McWhorter|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why is he dialing down the humor and dialing up the moralizing, throwing his immaculate comedic balance out of whack?
Why I Fell in Love With ‘Louie’ Again, Artistic Pretensions and All|Andrew Romano|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Apple is working on an automatic alert system that rings a doctor if blood sugar or blood pressure gets out of whack.
Apple Health App Plays to Our Laziness—and It’s Brilliant|Gregory Ferenstein|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First, Herz argues, our ability to weigh risk is out of whack, because CrossFit is more like a sport than a Pilates class.
Inside the Cult of CrossFit|William O’Connor|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I just want to get one whack at him for taking our wood and those doughnuts and cakes of chocolate.
Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line|Clarence Young
Then facing one another, suddenly advance and bring their breasts together with a whack.
Stanley in Africa|James P. Boyd
Real man-size eruption would have wiped the whole thing off the map, first whack.
The Mystery|Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams
Well, there's a little more packin' to do; then I thought I'd go down to that parsonage and take a whack at the cobwebs.
Keziah Coffin|Joseph C. Lincoln
Sile, you put that dipper in that milk agin, an' I'll whack you till your head'll swim!