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as in to bump
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk
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Recent Examples of ram
Federal agents this month rammed the door of the Minneapolis home of a Liberian man with a deportation order from 2023, who was then arrested.
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Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The fleeing man was charged with assault for allegedly ramming agents’ cars.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Two people were killed at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Yom Kippur after a man rammed his car into a crowd of people and stabbed others.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
During production on that fourth big-screen installment, Knoxville suffered from brain damage after he was rammed by a bull for a stunt.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
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Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The fleeing man was charged with assault for allegedly ramming agents’ cars.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Two people were killed at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Yom Kippur after a man rammed his car into a crowd of people and stabbed others.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
During production on that fourth big-screen installment, Knoxville suffered from brain damage after he was rammed by a bull for a stunt.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ram
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After being bumped to September for three straight years because of the NSCAR Street Race, the Taste of Chicago is reclaiming its longstanding dates in July, the city announced.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Now, it’s been bumped down to #2.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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For those who are able to board, cramming us together is unsafe, not to mention uncomfortable.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Television has always relied on big, gasp-inducing moments, but Murphy crams them in even at the expense of narrative cohesion.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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When in doubt, Anna’s likely to speed-dial her sister, Emily.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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As their orbit tightens, the relativistic precession of the stars speeds up, while the planet’s precession slows down, because the stars act more like a single object from far away.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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My ten-year-old granddaughter was marching and banging her little saucepan with a salad spoon.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Libby and director Tyne Rafaeli certainly do not miss an opportunity to bang that gavel.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2026
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Pull upward, squeezing the lat muscle in your upper back at the top.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2026
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Pour salt onto the stain, then squeeze lemon juice over top.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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Violent confrontations targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota are being driven by outside actors exploiting chaos, not organic protest, according to a protest insider warning that the situation is rapidly spiraling.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The driver then drove into the city of Wheat Ridge and allegedly crashed into a Honda Pilot near Pierce Street and West 32nd Avenue several minutes later before continuing on.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Her two worlds might also be colliding in the near future, as Deadline reported she's set to appear in The Wives, a murder mystery inspired by the Real Housewives franchise.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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In another incident, Marimar Martinez, a 30-year-old US citizen, was shot five times by a US Customs and Border Protection agent after her vehicle and a federal law enforcement vehicle collided on October 4 in Chicago.—
Whitney Wild,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Even the hospitality of sending food home with them was taken away from me, as their refrigerator and freezer was stuffed from their prior parties.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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On Blue Moon, Big Blue’s new 53-foot catamaran, the hold was stuffed with bottles of Moët.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Ram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ram. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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