bludged

Definition of bludgednext
past tense of bludge, chiefly Australian & New Zealand

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Verb
  • Tuesday, the body of Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was returned to his mosque, where his community prayed over it.
    Bo Evans, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The executive director of the Great Plains and United Methodist Conference prayed that someone would find a use for the modest chapel in Kansas City, Kansas’ Muncie neighborhood.
    Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • More than 100 airport leaders on Monday implored Congress in a letter to end a funding standoff that has forced 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers to go unpaid and has led to massive security lines.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Last week, students implored officials at a Board of Education meeting to keep their buildings open.
    Joe Brandt, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Obama stuck with health reform when most of his advisors—and, six months into the battle, most of his party—begged him to fold.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Palmetto’s coach at the time, Matt Dixon, seeing the untapped potential, begged and begged, but Uche’s father wouldn’t budge.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Earth’s sun is infected with a mysterious phenomena conjured by Weir called a Petrova line, a trail of alien cells called astrophage that are slowly consuming the fiery orb.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The difference between a real deadline, imposed for legitimate reasons from without, and a fake one, conjured from within, is like the difference between eating brunch and seeing it on Instagram.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • By 1838, Prudhomme was dead, and his daughter petitioned to divide the estate.
    Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The Beall property was at one time in Fort Worth’s ETJ, but Beall petitioned the city to relinquish it.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Bludged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludged. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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