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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
Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 6 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
One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
One bullet grazed a 48-year-old man who was sitting in the bar.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 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
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The dress also grazed the red carpet at the time, indicating that Roberts has since had the gown hemmed.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 6 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
One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
One bullet grazed a 48-year-old man who was sitting in the bar.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 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
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“Grazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazed. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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