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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Tortelloni alla Napoletana features five spools of pasta filled with a rich short rib puree, with fresh sage butter.

— Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Hundreds of firefighters, relatives and community residents filled a college arena for a funeral service for a Utah fire captain, his wife and three sons who were killed in a flash flood while on a camping trip.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026

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George Pickens generates crowd excitement The crowd on-hand at the River Ridge Playing Fields in Oxnard wasn’t packed by any means in the middle of a weekday, but there were a good amount of youth groups and Cowboys fans on-hand.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Down below, the famous thoroughfare in Midtown Manhattan is packed full of commuters and tourists.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 30 July 2026

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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
However, that battery capacity allows the Spéirling Pure to cover a race distance of 25 to 31 miles (40 to 50 km) at maximum LMP2 pace before needing to be plugged back in.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2026

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