brayed

past tense of bray

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Verb
  • So my soul was a little bit crushed to be the one to have to evict her — someone who's kept me safe literally time and time again.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • After a few months, the government crushed the protests.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Fighting Irish pounded Arkansas on the road and won with a much higher margin of victory than Ole Miss had against the Razorbacks.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Palestinians flee new offensive Mirna Alsharif Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza with their belongings as Israel forces pounded the enclave's largest city.
    NBC News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Corporate earnings continue to beat expectations, providing enough fuel for the market rally to continue at least until investors parse through third quarter earnings results in the coming months, Teal said.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The rest—including in May 2023, when Nvidia had the biggest positive earnings surprise a company has ever delivered, beating expectations handily and then offering a quarterly revenue forecast that was $4 billion above expectations—is history.
    Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2014, the American team disintegrated under Tom Watson’s leadership at Gleneagles in Scotland.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In Washington and around the Arizona Capitol, the dialogue has sometimes disintegrated into ugly finger-pointing.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Brayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brayed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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