bandied (about)

past tense of bandy (about)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandied (about)
Verb
  • Following their joint appearance in Nashville, Swift and Kelce, 36, are rumored to be tying the knot at Madison Square Garden ahead of the July 4 weekend — though neither of them have publicly confirmed any wedding plans.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • Fro-yo heads will tell you, conspiratorially, that Butterfield Market is rumored to have the same supplier as Forty Carrots, the café tucked away on the seventh floor of Bloomingdale’s which claims to have introduced frozen yogurt to New York City some fifty years ago.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • That system has allowed plans to be widely circulated for public input, and for the leasing, permitting, and administration of plans to be predictable and orderly.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • An internal memo, circulated in December 2025 and first reported by the Washington Post this week, states that Department of the Interior employees, including National Park Service staff, are not permitted to confirm deaths that take place in federal park facilities.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimarães cut inside with the ball, drawing a defender with him, and dished it off inside the box for Matheus Cunha, who buried it past the goalkeeper.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • Farrell also dished on his most recent role in season 2 of Sugar, in which the actor reprises the character of private investigator John Sugar.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Under state law, any single gift — or multiple gifts from the same source that add up to $50 or more during the annual period — must be disclosed.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Investigators said the teenager was driving a 2021 Polaris Ranger in which two other juveniles, whose ages haven't been disclosed by officials, were riding.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • This is often easier said than done – no one wants to be gossiped about.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • The column gossiped about which journalists and pundits did not pass the new purity test.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
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“Bandied (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandied%20%28about%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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