haltered

verb

past tense of halter
as in roped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haltered
  1. grabbed
  2. captured
  3. snatched
  4. collared
  5. corralled
  6. snagged
  7. netted
  8. trapped
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  • The little girl would later tell officers that her brother grabbed the knife and threw it at her, the blade hitting her chest.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fitzgerald then allegedly grabbed her arm and tried to pull her toward him.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of grabbed
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  • Pictures and video are only captured when the camera senses a vehicle going 10 miles per hour or more above the speed limit.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Last week, the militia took a leading role in an operation to retake the strategically vital Red Sea port of Mocha, captured by the Houthis last month.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of captured
Verb
  • Once the vehicle is loaded on it, the slave deck can easily be snatched with a front-end loader sporting long forks.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Little buried the 57-yard field goal as the Jaguars snatched victory from the jaws (or, in this case, claws) of defeat.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of snatched
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  • Some members of the Whaleback pack are collared, providing a good starting point.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The video, from a traffic stop of a white Volvo semi in a rural area on May 18, shows officers pulling the vehicle over before the driver descends from the cab and attempts to run away, crossing a set of train tracks before being quickly collared by law enforcement.
    — Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of collared
Verb
  • But experts working with Gentle Giants warned that strategy might not work because of Outlaw's history of being corralled in the wild.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Working with Urban Pioneering Architecture, Haughton corralled an all-Caribbean team of craftsmen and builders to renovate the four-story town house.
    — Camille Okhio, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of corralled
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  • The star snagged the property for just $57,000 and found great joy in repeatedly remodeling it during her time there.
    — Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Baez has five assists and Galoppo snagged his first in his fourth MLS appearance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of snagged
Verb
  • Muñiz helped defend the office’s inaction — even though New York’s attorney general acted on similar complaints in that state and netted a $25 million settlement for victims there.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Aho later netted his sixth goal of the season on a pass from William Carrier.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of netted
Verb
  • Russia and Ukraine are engaged in talks on ending the plight of people trapped in Oleshky, Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said in an interview with Espreso.
    — SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The friction over editorial decisions, particularly around Israel, has trapped CBS in its own Middle East media war.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of trapped
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“Haltered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haltered. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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