glided

verb

past tense of glide
1
as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily looking for a college course that he could just glide through

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2
as in flew
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings a kite gliding on the autumn breeze

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3
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air water striders gliding along the surface of the brook

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Recent Examples of glided Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 An endless procession of black SUVs, Escalades, luxury coaches, polished muscle cars and Uber Blacks glided onto West 31st Street. — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Throughout his rise to become the voice of Britain’s populist hard-right, architect of Brexit and chief anti-immigrant activist, any accusations of wrongdoing have largely glided off him. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 The particles glided past each other effortlessly. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026 Up close, the design boasted a ruffled accent along the neckline that added movement to the gown as Saldaña glided around the room. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 20 June 2026 Brent glided us toward the ramp. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026 For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, enabling the adventurous to record images of their experiences. — CBS News, 11 June 2026 In the waning moments, Jalen Brunson missed a three-pointer to take the lead, but OG Anunoby glided to the hoop in time to get just enough of his hand on the ball to direct it basket-ward. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glided
  1. flowed
  2. hovered
  3. sailed
  4. drifted
  5. floated
  6. swam
  7. slid
  8. soared
Verb
  • Iran has also created a new pressure point to use against adversaries by blockading the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas flowed before the war.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Urban runoff filled with a noxious brew of fertilizers, stormwater and sewage has flowed into the Seminole County lake from as far as Orlando, Winter Park and Altamonte Springs for decades.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
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  • The temperature hit 106 degrees at Chicago’s Midway Airport and hovered between the high 90s and low triple digits for the next five days.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • Dark clouds hovered around the stadium just before kickoff, threatening to delay the start of the game, but Mother Nature apparently is a soccer fan, because the storm veered away.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of hovered
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  • Twice England’s post was struck but when Enzo Fernández’s sublime strike sailed past Jordan Pickford in the 85th minute, there only ever felt like one winner.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Mbappé took his last shot in the game’s waning moments, to raucous cheers from the mostly Spanish crowd as the ball sailed over the goalpost.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Definition of sailed
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  • In the days before his Ford Bronco drifted into the path of an oncoming semi-truck, Matt Miller was settling debts.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Microsoft tied itself tightly to OpenAI through a series of investments, but the two companies drifted and became competing with each other after the abrupt 2023 ousting and reinstatement of OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, with little notice to Nadella.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of drifted
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  • These collapses have haunted state Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas), who first floated the idea of an early warning system.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Anderson Cooper, and Erin Burnett, who is someone that White House officials allegedly floated as someone who could be replaced if new ownership takes over.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of floated
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  • In field tests across Lake Geneva, the machine swam through the lake before flapping its wings, breaking the water’s surface, and taking flight into the open air.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
  • And none of us have swam in the ocean the same way since!
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026
Definition of swam
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  • Homebuyer affordability slid in June for the fifth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors' latest housing affordability index.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Cargo space measures 56 cubic feet behind the second row and expands to a healthy 112 cubic feet (3,171 L) with the seats folded and slid forward.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of slid
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  • The nation’s spending on obesity medicines, including GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, soared by 81% last year, PwC said.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Philly fans, who loudly booed everyone but Schwarber and Bryce Harper throughout the night, quietly headed toward the exits when Walker's winning shot soared over the left field wall.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 July 2026
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