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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
For the last five-plus years, killer whales have been ramming – and in some cases sinking – expensive yachts, sailboats and fishing boats in the crystalline waters off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco.
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Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Both sides accuse each other of provocations and trespassing in incidents featuring use of water cannon, boat-ramming and maneuvers by China’s Coast Guard that the Philippines regards as dangerously close, as well as jets shadowing Philippine aircraft there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
According to Bannon, Musk rammed his shoulder into the Treasury chief’s rib cage and Bessent hit him back.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
The Bundys’ statement said Finicum did not ram a law enforcement vehicle, pin a special agent or attempt to shoot Oregon State Police.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
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Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Both sides accuse each other of provocations and trespassing in incidents featuring use of water cannon, boat-ramming and maneuvers by China’s Coast Guard that the Philippines regards as dangerously close, as well as jets shadowing Philippine aircraft there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
According to Bannon, Musk rammed his shoulder into the Treasury chief’s rib cage and Bessent hit him back.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
The Bundys’ statement said Finicum did not ram a law enforcement vehicle, pin a special agent or attempt to shoot Oregon State Police.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ram
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At Penn State, though, some of the key figures involved have been bumping heads for years.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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In older games, that meant randomly cutting to a combat screen when bumping into an invisible creature, but newer ones like 2022’s Scarlet and Violet let users see Pokémon out in the wild.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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But considering all that energy is crammed into an incredibly tiny area, the energy densities reach conditions not seen in the universe since the earliest moments of the Big Bang.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Schools quickly became shelters for displaced families, mattresses crammed into classrooms where desks once stood.—
Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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And speaking of cleanup, they can be washed in the dishwasher to speed up the process.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Only nine of those 32 years were profitable on a division-wide basis, the two most recent being in 2016-17 and 2017-18 and coming as a result of that huge 2016-19 TV rights deal, as massive revenue increases sped past cost growth.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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And no need to worry about cookies sticking to the baking sheet or having to bang the muffin tin against the counter to pop them out.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a trial that began Wednesday, six Cubans, including independent journalist José Gabriel Barrenechea, also face sentences of up to nine years in prison for staging a cacerolazo protest, banging pots and pans during a blackout in the Villa Clara province in November 2024.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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How To Cut Okra Properly When choosing okra, pick pods that are firm but give slightly when squeezed, with a bright, even color.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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No more than the width of a credit card, bed bugs can squeeze behind electrical outlets, along window frames, under loose wallpaper and even in the head of a screw.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 2025
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While OpenAI says that scaling is key to driving innovation and future AI breakthroughs, investors and analysts are beginning to raise their eyebrows over the mindboggling sums.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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And entertainment, in my opinion, drives fashion culture.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Billy Vigar collided with a concrete wall during the game at Wingate and Finchley while attempting to keep a ball from going out of play, per ESPN.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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On the third play of the season, against the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil, Worthy collided with tight end and teammate Travis Kelce on a crossing route and injured his shoulder.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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It’s stuffed with tissue paper.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI's first Stargate development to come online — a data center in Texas that's stuffed to the brims with Oracle and Nvidia infrastructure — did so just as investors started questioning the sustainability of the artificial intelligence firm's trajectory.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Ram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ram. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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