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past tense of graze
as in fed
to feed on grass or herbs cows grazing in the meadow

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verb (2)

past tense of graze

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The 23-year-old singer paired the vintage designer piece, which barely grazed her hips, with black briefs to avoid any wardrobe malfunctions during the night. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 But Skarin said that isn’t feasible because the animals eat on the move and the relocation would deny them food to be grazed while walking from one area to another. Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025 Knight was grazed in the head and survived. Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025 Police believed Odenthal was aiming at a 19-year-old man standing near Diaz, who was grazed by a bullet and later showed up for treatment at Jacobi Medical Center. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 That victim was grazed in the cheek. Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025 But when a college kid gets grazed in a drive-by while having brunch in Dupont Circle, or a Congressional intern gets murdered walking to the Metro, that becomes a political problem for the mayor and, by virtue of DC's weird and confusing governance structure, the federal government. Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 One of the biggest safety concerns used to be making sure cows that grazed nearby weren’t on the runways. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025 Once, a farmer grazed cattle here, or grew corn, but now the fields are barren and lifeless. Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Grazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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