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as in brushed
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
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Recent Examples of grazed
Scott Fowler
march 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2026
The head-turning piece featured a giant sheer mesh panel that bared her legs from her upper thighs to her knees, then fanning out into a sculptural layer of shredded black fabric that grazed the red carpet.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
Keon’s brother, who was shot in the leg and grazed in the head, was rushed to the same hospital.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Bhakta had been grazed in the scalp by a bullet, only inches away from being a fatal wound.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans' stick.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans’ stick.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
About 1 minute and 40 seconds into their quarterfinal race in the 1500m short track, American skater Kristen Santos-Griswold passed Sellier, knocking the Polish skater off balance as her right skate grazed Sellier's face.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
When McDavid first tried that seam pass a few moments earlier, Finland’s Teuvo Teräväinen grazed the puck with his stick, leading it to bounce away from MacKinnon and to the boards.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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But the call was overturned on replay because officials decided that the ball had grazed the hand of Charlotte’s Brandt Bronico, although that was very difficult to see even in slow motion.
—Scott Fowler
march 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2026
The head-turning piece featured a giant sheer mesh panel that bared her legs from her upper thighs to her knees, then fanning out into a sculptural layer of shredded black fabric that grazed the red carpet.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
Keon’s brother, who was shot in the leg and grazed in the head, was rushed to the same hospital.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Bhakta had been grazed in the scalp by a bullet, only inches away from being a fatal wound.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans' stick.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans’ stick.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
About 1 minute and 40 seconds into their quarterfinal race in the 1500m short track, American skater Kristen Santos-Griswold passed Sellier, knocking the Polish skater off balance as her right skate grazed Sellier's face.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
When McDavid first tried that seam pass a few moments earlier, Finland’s Teuvo Teräväinen grazed the puck with his stick, leading it to bounce away from MacKinnon and to the boards.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Grazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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