A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Sun, 20 Nov '22
Pummel, as with snowballs
Thu, 10 Nov '22
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Tue, 20 Sep '22
Hit, as with snowballs
Mon, 23 May '22
Bombard, as with snowballs
Sun, 3 Apr '22
Attack with snowballs, say
Thu, 1 Apr '21
Bombard (with)