BUNGED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

bunged

verb

past tense of bung

as in filled

to close up so that no empty spaces remain we had bunged up the moving van so much that we couldn't have possibly squeezed in one more thing

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Staffers filled the bubble near Beaver Stadium in the winter and Pegula Ice Rink in the spring with an everything-must-go Nike clean out.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
This season is filled with last minute shopping, new routines and the painstaking transition from being up all night to early morning alarms once again.

— Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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OpenAI’s paper improves the best estimate for how tightly these balls can possibly be packed.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
Video footage captured the incident in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik, where the beach was packed with visitors at the time of the strike.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Eager to escape the swirling rumors before Monday’s MLB trade deadline, the 26-year-old outfielder plugged his phone into its charger and went to the gym.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-foot-by-4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to reopen.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

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