Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracked
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North Texas Muslim leaders are calling on public officials to speak out after a man spewing anti-Islamic slurs harassed a group praying at a park in Plano.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026 -
But parents of students in the club alleged their students are harassed and threatened online due to their association in the club.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Police say Woods taunted Stewart before pulling the trigger, but the exact motive is unknown.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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This question has tantalized and taunted Bulls fans for years — and this trade deadline is no different.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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During the Cuban Missile Crisis my dad was camped out wearing his parachute under a wing of a C-130.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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After returning from a January vacation, the Moores found a group of unhoused people camped on the back patio who did not leave, Moore said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Feb. 2026
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Royal family members have also been heckled at public engagements.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The King has been heckled at multiple royal engagements since the latest tranche of Epstein files.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
9 Feb. 2026
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Based on the crest fossil’s inner vascular canals and exterior texture, the team theorizes that the cranial accessory was likely housed in keratin and brightly colored.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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But the aesthetic alone isn’t why the Grey, the restaurant housed there, routinely ranks on lists of the city’s best places to dine.—
Adam Kuehl,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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On that night in March, to the surprise of nobody, Arsenal ran their mid-table Premier League hosts ragged, beating them 5-1, with Henry and Freddie Ljungberg scoring twice, and Kolo Toure netting the other.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Close-quartered and stylish, the movie begins at a Gothic New England mansion where the wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey has been found with his throat slit.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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During this same time, Duvall roomed with a fellow struggling actor who was a recent transplant from California, Dustin Hoffman, and also befriended Hoffman's California acting classmate, Gene Hackman.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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While paying his dues, Duvall roomed in a sixth-floor apartment at 109th Street and Broadway with another aspiring actor, Dustin Hoffman.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Barracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracked. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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