CLAMMED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

clammed

verb

past tense of clam

as in fished

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Many researchers were convinced that the group must also be unfaithful and fished around to find the relationship in Birman’s approach or Moody’s method.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
While Stan and Bud fished the shore, Ed and I sat in a canoe casting into the tail of the current.

— Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

Definition of fished

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The mercury telluride colloidal quantum dots the Chinese team picked for their device behave differently.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
To help those contemplating a foreign move get started, Forbes has picked 96 attractive retirement locales across 24 different countries on five continents.

— Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Just as the chef relies on ingredients harvested at their peak from the restaurant's culinary garden and local farms, the wine program evolves throughout the year to complement those changing flavors.

— Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
And while there is a myth that honey is only beneficial for asthma and allergies if harvested locally, Dennard said good raw honey is beneficial no matter its locale.

— Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 26 July 2026

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On Sunday, several hundred people gathered at a park in Grandview to honor and remember Blair and Wells and to hold Marchbanks in their thoughts.

— Eric Adler July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
And on a Thursday afternoon blanketed in wildfire smoke, a small crowd gathered to see one in particular.

— Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 27 July 2026

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Beyond official venues, non-host communities like Greenville and Charlotte also reaped benefits through team base camps and watch parties, demonstrating the tournament's widespread economic engine.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
These new tools have proven capable of meeting age-old problems with innovative solutions, and the results are benefits that can be reaped across the board.

— William Jones, USA Today, 20 July 2026

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