GLOVED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

gloved

verb

past tense of glove

as in roped

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Oliver grabbed a hat-trick to take his tally for the season to seven in just four games after four against Leeds United the previous week.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
At 4 o’clock on a Thursday morning, Salomon Olea grabbed a packed lunch of a ham-and- cheese torta and a white peach, kissed his wife goodbye and left the home in Escondido he’s owned for nearly 30 years.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of grabbed

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Hill blasted out to just over 3 feet, and when Watts missed his 18-foot birdie putt, Hill quickly rapped it in and the celebration was on.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
What had been promoted as an appearance turned into a performance, with the Wu-Tang member running through songs from his catalog as fans rapped along.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of rapped

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Coxon argued that corporate competition has trapped labs in a hubristic race that forces them to build dangerous systems first.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Markets seem trapped in a cycle of Iran tensions leading to higher oil prices, which leads to stocks moving lower and ultimately inflation concerns rising.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of trapped

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Fish and Wildlife will now assess the animal and, if healthy, it will be collared and released into the nearest suitable habitat within the Santa Monica Mountains, the Fish and Wildlife spokesperson said.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The video, from a traffic stop of a white Volvo semi in a rural area on May 18, shows officers pulling the vehicle over before the driver descends from the cab and attempts to run away, crossing a set of train tracks before being quickly collared by law enforcement.

— Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026

Definition of collared

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OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps as executives grappled with the fallout from the July breach of the open source repository Hugging Face, the people said.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Women seeking political office have long grappled with double standards around the demands of motherhood, with many waiting to seek office once their children were grown.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of grappled

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Israel captured East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 war.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
One of the iconic Chicago Bears photos from 1985, shot during a minicamp practice in the spring, captured Walter Payton with one finger on his left hand tugging down the shorts of fullback Matt Suhey, who was lined up in the I-formation.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of captured

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Cleveland Guardians assistant general manager James Harris received an interview during the search that netted Dana Brown.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
For all the potential Coker flashed late last season, and the big contract extension that followed, let’s also remember that his two NFL seasons have each netted fewer than 500 receiving yards.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

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