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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
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.
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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
The storm system that dropped snow by the foot in the Midwest, causing whiteout conditions in some areas, barreled toward the East Coast, dropping heavy rain, threatening high winds and prompting multiple tornado warnings.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
When the car barreled in, there were 140 students inside in an early childhood learning center.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
The truck barrelled down a hallway and became wedged between the walls as gunfire erupted.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
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
The storm system that dropped snow by the foot in the Midwest, causing whiteout conditions in some areas, barreled toward the East Coast, dropping heavy rain, threatening high winds and prompting multiple tornado warnings.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
When the car barreled in, there were 140 students inside in an early childhood learning center.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
The truck barrelled down a hallway and became wedged between the walls as gunfire erupted.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barreled
Verb
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After sideswiping a tractor-trailer, Garrison would pull over while the spotter sped ahead to flag down the truck’s driver.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In January, after Dhillon declined to investigate the shooting death of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, prosecutors in Minnesota quit in protest, and leaders in the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section sped up their plans to retire.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The measure cleared the Senate by voice vote, without a formal roll call, as Congress raced to meet a Monday deadline.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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While the Avs raced to a historic 31-2-7 start, there were some mixed results in the second half of the season.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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Some of us hurried to the NASA website to learn more about this frontierswoman, with the extravagant hair and the biceps of a steelworker, a photo of which also went viral.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
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The waterfall itself was surprisingly large and powerful, with its spray spotting cellphone screens as tourists hurried to take selfies in front of it, despite its fair distance from the pond's fence line.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Emergency crews rushed to the Lincoln Village Apartments Wednesday night after a frantic 911 call reported a child had fallen out a window.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israel struck three teams of paramedics Wednesday in southern Lebanon, first hitting one team and then two more that rushed to help.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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All three Mets runners scored as Baty scurried to third with a triple.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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With Game 3 of the World Series underway at Dodger Stadium last October, a few folks scurried across a pedestrian bridge with LED lights and blue glow sticks.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 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
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The gray wolf howled, trotted back and forth, and gradually worked closer and closer to the nervous but fascinated caribou.—
Frank Glaser,
Outdoor Life,
1 Apr. 2026
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During its 10-day excursion, the four-person crew traveled farther from Earth than any other humans — as well as witnessed a rare solar eclipse from deep space and observed a 600-mile-wide crater on the moon’s surface.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Koch and her fellow Artemis II crew members — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — traveled 694,481 miles, making their lunar flyby the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Also known as wheat kernels, wheat berries are encased in husks zipped along the tops of stalks and removed in a process known as threshing.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Fortunately, the young rider, who was wearing a helmet, righted himself at the last moment, then zipped off down a residential sidewalk at a pretty good rate of speed, based on a video Hall shared on Facebook after the close call — likely with a little more adrenaline coursing through his veins.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Barreled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barreled. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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