brayed

past tense of bray

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Verb
  • Toss together chicken, barbecue sauce, peach preserves, olive oil, cornstarch, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper in a 9- x 13-inch baking dish until chicken is evenly coated and cornstarch is fully incorporated into sauce.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • South Carolina entered the season with playoff aspirations, but those have already been crushed.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The swing-first Toronto hitters have pounded the strike-first Seattle pitchers.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Heavy rain pounded an area from the Carolinas to Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon, bringing reports of coastal flooding and hundreds of flight delays.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dale Ellis covers the federal courthouse beat for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, reporting on criminal and civil matters that impact Arkansans.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Michele Di Gregorio made a stunning double save and was only beaten when a Vinicius Junior shot came back off the post and Jude Bellingham reacted quicker to it than Lloyd Kelly.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Before flight 10, Starship's most recent demonstration came on May 27, when the spacecraft spun out of control roughly halfway through its flight and disintegrated in a fireball.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • When breaking down what the heck happened over the last four months, the first item on the list is the way New York’s starting rotation disintegrated.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Brayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brayed. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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