coached

past tense of coach

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coached According to police documents, the victim's mother said Pusateri coached for Overlea Rec, Middle River Rec, Parkville Rec, and Kenwood High School. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 In Week 2, each of those Mikes participated in another Mike Bowl when Vrabel coached against the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike McCarthy, while Macdonald coached against the Arizona Cardinals’ Mike LaFleur. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2026 Troy Adams has coached multiple players whose parents also came through the program. — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Connecticut advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, where it was swept by the Detroit Shock, coached by Bill Laimbeer, who became Thibault’s nemesis. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Add to that, both players’ names and numbers were missing from Inglewood’s MaxPreps’ roster, something that was also a tactic when James coached at Hawkins and resulted in the new City Section rule to exchange rosters before games. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 This year’s camp will be the first with the Heat for Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is among several newcomers to the roster coached by Erik Spoelstra. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 According to Sport24, Andrei began his hockey career at the White Bears hockey school in Moscow, where his father coached. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Westlake quarterback Cannon Robinson was one of the players that Whitley coached as a little kid. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coached
Verb
  • Jenny Tan Jenny Tan guided Yolo County through the pandemic, showing a commitment to service without realizing that her work during that time, including her videos, was making her a bit of a local celebrity.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Gather at the White Point Nature Education Center for a free bird walk guided by a naturalist and hosted by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jones took him under his wing, and JFM tutored him even while knowing Roach was going to take his job.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Washington’s young starters were tutored by Griffin, a crafty All-Star.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.
    — Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In contrast to previous technology booms, this time around there appears to be a stronger expectation that wealth should be accompanied by responsibility.
    — Joe Crome, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • They’ll be accompanied onstage by real-life couple Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Gulf media has reported that the young Khaldoon was mentored by the royal family in the wake of his father's death.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Chesky and Altman’s friendship goes back nearly two decades, to 2006, when Altman mentored Chesky through startup accelerator Y Combinator.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Wiles showed Republicans the president's upcoming travel schedule, which attendees described as extensive and almost every day, all across the country.
    — MICHELLE L. PRICE, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Whereas Morandi showed us that bottles could be seen as similar to humans, Lee may be more attuned to how humans might be like stones.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Coached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coached. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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