GRUBBED (ABOUT) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

grubbed (about)

verb

past tense of grub (about)

as in found out

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Press Taylor wasn’t positive what was up and then found out the Bears indeed had landed Simmons.

— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
And as the most recent press secretary found out, you can be fired from the position just as quickly as you were hired.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of found out

Verb

Cothiere, a Haitian-American public school educator who is married to Democratic State Representative Wallace Aristide, excelled in precincts located in North Miami and North Miami Beach, where there are significant Haitian communities.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Situated on Plaça de Catalunya, it couldn’t be better located for exploring the city centre or getting out to other districts.

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of located

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Nearly 2 pounds of the meteorite was discovered in the Sahara in Mali in 2022, and most is now held by a museum in Maine.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
However, this remains a conceptual demonstration, not a system that has discovered an extraterrestrial transmission.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of discovered

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Schweitzer noted that this substance is not detected in living red blood cells.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Although Cinequest detected strong interest and viewing intentions before release, the eventual scale of the success exceeded what those indicators could predict.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of detected

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Although not a complete accounting of workers in these offices, the Post ascertained their demographics and current statuses by examining organizational charts, professional profiles and social media.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Some of the data on the laptop was later ascertained to belong to Hunter Biden.

— Ryan Lucas, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ascertained

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Investigators learned that White was under state supervision and wearing a GPS monitoring device, and quickly located and arrested him at a restaurant in New Britain.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Variety has learned that Harry Styles has had discussions about the part, and Theo James, 41, also hasn’t been ruled out.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

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