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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
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
But another pierced the car’s windshield, grazed the steering wheel and one of Fahd’s fingers before striking his son, Sam, in the head.
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Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
China is building some of the world’s largest solar farms on the Tibetan Plateau, where nomadic people have grazed herds of animals for millennia.
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Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
According to the Taylor Grazing Act, these private properties were intended to winter the same number of livestock that grazed the public range during the grass-growing months and were used to pre-qualify BLM leasees.
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Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
10 June 2026
My spacious room looked out over a meadow where sheep grazed in the diffuse afternoon light.
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David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Police said a child was grazed in the head by a bullet and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
The driver and passenger, who was grazed by a bullet, were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
Adell reached up to catch TJ Rumfield's deep fly for the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning, but the ball grazed the outside of his glove before bouncing off his head and over the wall for a solo homer.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
Verb
Antonacci has twice been challenged by opponents — unsuccessfully — on balls that merely grazed his jersey.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
But another pierced the car’s windshield, grazed the steering wheel and one of Fahd’s fingers before striking his son, Sam, in the head.
—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
China is building some of the world’s largest solar farms on the Tibetan Plateau, where nomadic people have grazed herds of animals for millennia.
—
Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
According to the Taylor Grazing Act, these private properties were intended to winter the same number of livestock that grazed the public range during the grass-growing months and were used to pre-qualify BLM leasees.
—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
10 June 2026
My spacious room looked out over a meadow where sheep grazed in the diffuse afternoon light.
—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Police said a child was grazed in the head by a bullet and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
The driver and passenger, who was grazed by a bullet, were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
Adell reached up to catch TJ Rumfield's deep fly for the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning, but the ball grazed the outside of his glove before bouncing off his head and over the wall for a solo homer.
—
ABC News,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grazed
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Instead of staying in the area of the ranch where the giraffes are fed, Gracie decided to forage on higher terrain and climbed rocks to escape.
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The property features over a mile of frontage along Fall River and controls two of the river’s primary spring-fed tributaries — Spring Creek and Lava Creek, according to Hall and Hall.
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Most of the site has been cleaned and scraped, while the work at a nearby synagogue that suffered severe damage is just beginning.
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Compliance and Ethics in Online Reputation Management Reputable ORM companies should avoid fake reviews, astroturfing, bot engagement, scraped-data tactics, and takedowns that may violate platform rules or the law.
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The premiere wasn't the only time the women brushed shoulders with royalty.
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The striker brushed off criticism for his performance in Portugal’s first World Cup match to star in a brilliant 5-0 win over Uzbekistan yesterday.
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As the ocean breeze kicked up, the palms rustled around us.
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The tremors from Old Trafford also rustled the papers on the desk of Napoli’s sporting director Giovanni Manna.
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Schwarber was scratched minutes before Tuesday's game with lower back tightness.
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There’s the obvious joy of indulging in French cuisine at every craving’s whim, from world-class pastries to bistro classics, but for Architectural Digest’s global director of audience development, Pujah Shah, that just scratched the surface of the many in-destination babymoon perks.
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His teammates kissed the top of his head as the fans celebrated.
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Dybantsa hugged and kissed his mom after the selection, before thanking both his parents on stage.
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.
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“Grazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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