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Recent Examples of cuffed
Whyte pulled the driver out of the car and cuffed him while the other officers moved to cuff Rivera.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuffed
Verb
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Statlander and Shida then came to blows after Shida slapped her tag team partner across the face.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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She was also slapped into another dimension by Jules (Hunter Schafer) after lobbing several insults at her about Jules’ whole sugar baby situation.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
24 May 2026
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Ross Garcia described the incident in court as an unprovoked attack in which Butler punched Sheron in the jaw, knocked him to the ground and repeatedly struck him in the head, NBC7 reported.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Kevin McGonigle punched a ground ball inside the first-base line, for a two-run triple, tying the score.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Bartlett plays Dennis, Trevor’s boyfriend, who also totally murdered him, and maybe chopped him up into little pieces, too.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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These applications are gently chopped into the first inch of soil.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Verb
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During the original 2014 outbreak, fear and distrust became so severe in parts of Guinea that healthcare teams were attacked, Red Cross burial teams were assaulted, and Ebola education workers were murdered.—
Steve Brozak,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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By the afternoon of April 10, one week after Aldis said she was assaulted, a total of seven additional women reported to police that they were assaulted or molested by Borger during a massage.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Tech infielder Alex Hernandez, who starred in the ACC championship game last weekend, smacked a game-tying two-run homer before an out was recorded in the bottom of the frame.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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In a 3-2 second-round win against La Costa Canyon, Point Loma smacked two solo homers in the bottom of the seventh.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Ross Garcia described the incident in court as an unprovoked attack in which Butler punched Sheron in the jaw, knocked him to the ground and repeatedly struck him in the head, NBC7 reported.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Jett was eventually knocked to the ground and continued to be hit around his head until a bystander took the bat.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Hot black smoke socked her in the face; the staircase had become a glowing, spastic frenzy.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Evening rush-hour commuters — who thought winter was over — felt foolish after the city was socked with a record-breaking spring snowfall.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Silkowitz raced off her line and swatted away a ball outside the penalty area to stop a breakaway, leaving the club with nine players for the first time in its three-year history.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
24 May 2026
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The Fever guard swatted a shot from Seattle’s Mackenzie Holmes, then immediately let everyone in the building know about it.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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“Cuffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuffed. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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