bused

verb

variants also bussed
past tense of bus
as in trundled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bused
  1. coached
  2. motored
  3. rode
  4. sailed
  5. migrated
  6. cruised
  7. navigated
  8. drove
Verb
  • His father coached women’s tennis for Georgia for nearly four decades.
    — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In the wake of Vermeil’s first retirement from the game, Stiles coached on two Super Bowl winners as part of Bill Walsh’s San Francisco 49ers staff — a development that later added all the more to his credibility with Vermeil.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of coached
Verb
  • Yoshida began the top of the 10th as the automatic runner on second, but immediately motored to third on a first-pitch sacrifice bunt by Wong and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Seigler.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2026
  • Eventually, Flores and Álvarez motored to the rendezvous point, where there was no sign of the Fiorella, or of the other skiff.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of motored
Verb
  • Brady Oleson rode for the Rattlers for their first three seasons (2022-24), but suffered a career ending injury in 2024 and was brought on as an assistant coach last season.
    — Cal Phillips July 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
  • Lippard also rode along with Clancy in a medical helicopter to Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, where no one was allowed to visit her.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of rode
Verb
  • The ship is regularly sailed and rowed, and on select outings visitors can even take an oar themselves—making Tønsberg one of the few places where World Cup fans can find out just how much harder the real thing is than the stadium version.
    — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 July 2026
Definition of sailed
Verb
  • In another demonstration, the researchers performed the analysis on African populations, which only received Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA when individuals from Eurasia migrated back.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • For roughly 20 years, prestige migrated steadily away from the multiplex and toward the living room.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of migrated
Verb
  • Jonathan Maheu, cruised across the water in their patrol boat at about 35 mph, slowing to inspect passing boats.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • In gender, Columbus' men avenged an earlier season loss and cruised to an 11-6 win to sweep gender doubles.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of cruised
Verb
  • Tolle navigated a tricky Dodgers lineup with poise and didn’t get rattled in the second after giving up the lead on Hernández’s homer.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Lollapalooza 2026 navigated heavy rainfall, delaying Saturday's schedule, yet artists delivered memorable sets.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of navigated
Verb
  • The Jayhawks defeated Wichita State on Monday in Wichita, drove back to Lawrence on Tuesday morning, then boarded the bus for Lexington late Tuesday afternoon.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • The Iran war triggered a historic oil shortage that drove up fuel costs and catapulted inflation to a three-year high in May, the same month Warsh took the helm of the central bank.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of drove
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