1.   A senatorial candidate in Minnesota, he is trouncing his opponent in the polls, and victory seems guaranteed.

2.   The Louisville football team had just trounced its opponent, but not one single e-mail celebrated the victory.

3.   Bouyed by the success of his economic program, President Carlos Menem trounced his opponents, earning a new four-year term at the helm of Argentine politics.

4.   Buoyed by the success of his economic program, President Carlos Menem trounced his opponents in elections, winning a new four-year term.

5.   Buoyed by the success of his economic program, President Carlos Menem trounced his opponents, winning a new four-year term.

6.   Buoyed by the success of his economic program, President Carlos Menem trounces his opponents in elections, winning a new four-year term.

7.   Grams easily won the GOP nomination, trouncing an opponent who ran no active campaign.

8.   Steffi Graf Wednesday returned to the tournament where her comeback from a career-threatening injury kicked off last year and trounced her opponent.

9.   The present LegCo, elected for a four-year-term last September, is dominated by pro-democracy legislators, who trounced pro-Beijing opponents.

10.   The Democrats trounced pro-Beijing opponents in the LegCo elections last September.