bandied (about)

Definition of bandied (about)next
past tense of bandy (about)

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Verb
  • The couple first met at a Gucci show in Paris back in 2024, according to Today, and were rumored to be engaged by February 2025.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • OpenAI, which completed its own secondary share sale valuing it at $500 billion in October, is rumored to be targeting a $1 trillion float on the stock market.
    Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The dramatic sequence unfolded Wednesday afternoon near Notre Dame Avenue and West Julian Street, in the shadow of Highway 87, and drew widespread attention after videos circulated showing the suspect on the ground and being struck by a trailing police vehicle as gunshots rang out.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office has circulated a missing persons bulletin, saying that Pardo was last seen on January 20 in the Isla Musalá neighborhood of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.
    Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Netflix dished some stats to back up the latter point about international viewing of its Brazilian fare.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The third-year player scored once and dished 11 assists, building off contributions to Div.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Residents face economic risk in both directions, yet those risks have not been systematically analyzed or disclosed.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Police haven't disclosed details surrounding the crash, which is under investigation.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Researchers found that both same-gender and different-gender couples gossiped for about 38 minutes a day individually and 29 minutes a day together.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Bandied (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandied%20%28about%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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