barged

past tense of barge

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of barged Over the past two weeks, oyster farmer Graham Platner and brewer Dan Kleban barged into the state’s Democratic primary. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Her baby's father answered the door with his eyes bugging out, and Frierson barged in to find two other guys, needles, spoons and powder on the table. Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barged
Verb
  • The Kraken shuffled their front office, but didn’t change direction.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The practice schedule has also been shuffled, sleep is being emphasized and the team will travel on a larger plane.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That certainly looked to be the case as the Indianapolis Colts stomped the Miami Dolphins 33-8 in the regular-season opener.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Wildcats stumbled early but got hot in October, won 10 games, beat Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl and were one of the biggest surprises in the country.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Patriots stumbled at the start of the Mike Vrabel era last week, dropping a winnable game to the Raiders at home as favorites.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Barged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barged. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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