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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
Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck.
—Curt Anderson, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Rendered in high-shine patent leather, the shoes — which grazed Sweeney’s mid-thighs — featured a square toe and second-skin-like fit.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Helm’s valley, though it is being grazed by herds, hunted across by packs and stooped upon from above, seems a bit – dull.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Jawad was grazed in the leg in the shooting, Macomb County officials said.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The plot failed when Curtis Edward Smith grazed Murdaugh’s head with a bullet.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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The man was identified as Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, who told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck, per the outlet.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck.
—Curt Anderson, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Rendered in high-shine patent leather, the shoes — which grazed Sweeney’s mid-thighs — featured a square toe and second-skin-like fit.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Helm’s valley, though it is being grazed by herds, hunted across by packs and stooped upon from above, seems a bit – dull.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Jawad was grazed in the leg in the shooting, Macomb County officials said.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The plot failed when Curtis Edward Smith grazed Murdaugh’s head with a bullet.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Grazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazed. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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