blackjacked

past tense of blackjack

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Verb
  • Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.
    Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • In 1976, the Bicentennial followed the traumas of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that had forced President Richard Nixon's resignation.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Uzbekistan, playing in its first World Cup, was not intimidated by the big stage, weathering a withering Colombia attack in a 3-1 loss.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • If you're intimidated by perfectly matching color, an all-black outfit is a great place to start.
    Julia Guerra, InStyle, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • In May, Jolie scored a victory of her own when Judge Pánuco determined that she was not required to provide Pitt's attorneys with access to 22 unredacted emails after previous rulings compelled her legal team to do so.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • In the modern admissions process, particularly at selective schools, students are compelled to conflate their self-worth with their ability to package themselves as marketable products.
    Scott White, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Because he was being completely bullied and demeaned and excused.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • In a pluralistic democracy of free citizens, true leadership cannot be bought, bullied, or beaten into people.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • The study was later shut down after an internal review confirmed that patients were coerced into participating.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Weger later insisted he had been coerced into making the confession.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • But her outbursts frightened the children too.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • What frightened me most was what might happen to my children.
    Monica Rodriguez-Aguilera, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • You are not obliged to use AI for everything.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • His status as the game’s best secure, Messi lifted the trophy in a bisht that had been placed upon him — obliged to share his greatest triumph with the geopolitical forces that had brought the World Cup to the Middle East for the first time.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Karma came walking up on Jamon Coleman one day with pistols in hand, the only kind of moment that ever scared his son.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • The scientists only got a passing glimpse of the goblin shark before the lights and loud noise from the ROV's motor scared it away, Auscavitch told ABC News.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 June 2026
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“Blackjacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackjacked. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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