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
  • Kelly said his decision must be guided by courts' prior rulings in comparable First Amendment cases, even if the government disagrees with them.
    — JOCELYN NOVECK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Reflecting on his career as a whole, Domingo says he is often guided by advice from prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, part of which adorns his left arm as a tattoo.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 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
  • The child, the now-teenaged James Fulton Engstrom, is slated to present relics of Sheen at the ceremony, accompanied by his family, who had sought Sheen's intercession for healing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • When receiver Cooper Barkate accompanied quarterback Darian Mensah from Duke to UM last winter, there was never any expectation that Barkate would match his gaudy statistics from a year ago.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • O’Brien mentored Schmidt — and did so to a few of the spot’s bartenders, in fact.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Eliot Faine, Peralta Community College District student and a fellow in the CONNECT Program said NLGJA has provided them a chance to be mentored by professionals in their community.
    — Kat Tran, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In years past, department statistics showed at least a third of all police shootings involved someone with obvious signs of emotional distress.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In the demo, Meta showed people wearing the glasses while watching an NBA game and multitasking between applications.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Coached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coached. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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