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or barrelled
as in sped
to proceed or move quickly
faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace
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Recent Examples of barreled
Folan was on his way to his next meeting when a 200-pound tire from a semi truck barreled into the driver’s side of his car’s windshield at an impact speed of over 100 mph.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Severe thunderstorms barreled through the Kansas City area early Monday, unleashing frequent lightning and booming thunder, dumping torrential rain and triggering a tornado warning.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
The most latest release arrived last year, a 12-year-old rye bottled at 117 proof that was distilled and barreled in the spring of 2013 and aged in four different warehouses on Beam’s Clermont, KY campus.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
Its rumble barreled over crowds gathered at KSC’s press site drowning out cheers, hollers and the clicking sounds of cameras snapping away pictures of the liftoff.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
The driver flew out of the lot and barreled up North State Road 7, the driver’s arrest report said.
—Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Speeding down a residential block in the quiet west side neighborhood, Lau lost control of her Mercedes sport utility vehicle and barreled into a couple and their young children, who were waiting to catch a bus to the San Francisco Zoo.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Wide-leg with shapely pleats in women’s and slightly-barrelled, structured, loose-fitting and elasticated (and more) in the men’s.
—Alice Cary, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
Her new life went on like this for a while — a year, two years — until one night, Gomez was driving, leaned over to grab a pack of Life Savers that had rolled off the passenger seat, barreled off the road and over a ditch, and ended up with her car wedged between two trees.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Severe thunderstorms barreled through the Kansas City area early Monday, unleashing frequent lightning and booming thunder, dumping torrential rain and triggering a tornado warning.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
The most latest release arrived last year, a 12-year-old rye bottled at 117 proof that was distilled and barreled in the spring of 2013 and aged in four different warehouses on Beam’s Clermont, KY campus.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
Its rumble barreled over crowds gathered at KSC’s press site drowning out cheers, hollers and the clicking sounds of cameras snapping away pictures of the liftoff.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
The driver flew out of the lot and barreled up North State Road 7, the driver’s arrest report said.
—Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Speeding down a residential block in the quiet west side neighborhood, Lau lost control of her Mercedes sport utility vehicle and barreled into a couple and their young children, who were waiting to catch a bus to the San Francisco Zoo.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Wide-leg with shapely pleats in women’s and slightly-barrelled, structured, loose-fitting and elasticated (and more) in the men’s.
—Alice Cary, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
Her new life went on like this for a while — a year, two years — until one night, Gomez was driving, leaned over to grab a pack of Life Savers that had rolled off the passenger seat, barreled off the road and over a ditch, and ended up with her car wedged between two trees.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barreled
Verb
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Kimmel’s pretend roast The license probe reportedly was sped up after the Kimmel joke.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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The city has released unedited footage showing the high-speed, life-or-death negotiation that played out when a robbery suspect sped off with an Antioch officer inside his getaway car, then attempted to negotiate out of trouble until being shot in the leg.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Remembering Ted Turner, an American original Ted Turner, the brash, visionary entrepreneur who founded CNN, transformed cable television, raced yachts in the America's Cup, and became one of America's leading conservationists, died May 6 at 87.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The California fan, Andrea Esperanza Martinez, raced up to her idol.—
Leena Tailor,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Americans have a long history of being hurried into war on false pretexts.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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His father was a schoolteacher and a member of the Nazi Party; Baselitz, who was seven at the cessation of World War II, would later recall the smoke rising from firebombed Dresden as his mother hurried her children through the city in a futile attempt to escape the Russians.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Later, the Moon squares Mars in Aries, which can make reactions feel rushed.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2026
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As Vietnamese refugees arrived in large numbers in the United States, publishers rushed to release a slew of books to help children understand and accept their new neighbors.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
7 May 2026
Verb
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When the news came that a horse had scratched, a great stir rose, and several of the groomsmen who were sitting in the stalls with their horse wards scurried to start their brisk brushing to get the pine shavings off and used their jute sacks to spit-shine the coats slick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Flyers fans stomped on the animal and nearly destroyed it before security scurried the souvenir away from the rambunctious crowd.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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So when Lozano trotted onto a pitch in Indio in a public preseason match involving San Diego FC, the serenading began.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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When Smith’s throw in the dirt squirted away from shortstop Miguel Rojas, the winning run trotted in from third base.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Shortly before the shooting, Vice President JD Vance's motorcade traveled through the area of the incident.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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Like Turner, Church also travelled far beyond the shores of his homeland.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Verb
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First, there was the child who had zipped his entire face inside the hood of his green sweatshirt.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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That point was acknowledged immediately with the title track – not played since 2009 – opening the show as motion-simulating video tilted and zipped through a vibrant carnival.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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“Barreled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barreled. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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