booted

past tense of boot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of booted The youngest daughter of Thaksin is the third member of the Shinawatra family to be booted out before finishing a term. Phisanu Phromchanya, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Rodgers celebrated again when kicker Chris Boswell booted the winning 60-yard field goal. Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025 His character in Prime Video’s satirical superhero series was the CEO of Vought, a corrupt corporation at the center of the drama, but he was booted out of the position. Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 Arizona took a 3-0 lead in the second after Trevor Story booted what could have been an inning-ending double play. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 But in return, the Spring Hill lawyer gets booted from the Bar for at least five years and any civil or criminal matters associated with the Bar cases remain unaffected. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025 With one out, Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez hit a sharp ground ball directly to Moore, who booted it. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025 Fuentes was booted off Facebook, YouTube, and—for a time—Twitter. Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025 Passengers who checked in late for their flights shared their experience on social media of being booted off a plane, all because of that check-in sequence order. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booted
Verb
  • There was no ninth-inning drama like Saturday in Baltimore, when Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the bullpen fumbled away a chance at a victory.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Progressives fumbled their 2022 campaigns for the seat, when multiple candidates with left-wing credentials knocked each other out, letting Goldman prevail with just 26% of the vote.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More Ramirez/Getty Images On Thursday, after his team blew a 4-0 first-inning lead to lose 6-4 in the Phillies series finale, Mendoza accepted blame for the team's current skid.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Sean Brock has been on a mission to create the perfect pizza after a meal at the pizza joint Savoy in Japan completely blew his mind.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cal Fire’s newest proposal for Jackson, dubbed AMEX, targets nearly 500 acres with a patchwork of small clearcuts and is silent on tree sizes to be felled.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The 20-to-30 degrees of galactic latitude, both north and south of the galactic plane, were dubbed the Zone of Avoidance in the late 19th century, because while there were huge numbers of spiral nebulae elsewhere, all across the sky, there were none found in or near the plane of the Milky Way.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Booted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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