hared

verb

past tense of hare
as in sped
to proceed or move quickly she's always haring off to attend to some emergency

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Recent Examples of hared His girlfriend, former gymnast turned influencer and actress Livvy Dunne, s hared it on TikTok. — ABC News, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hared
  1. sped
  2. raced
  3. hurried
  4. trotted
  5. drove
  6. scurried
  7. traveled
  8. chased
Verb
  • Kevitt lost his right leg in a 2013 hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle after the car sped off and dragged him down a freeway onramp.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Police say Wright sped up and drove toward them, striking the man so hard that he was sent into the air before landing on the roadway.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of sped
Verb
  • Huffy, a brand once dismissed by some but historically durable and even Olympic-raced, has successfully reinvented itself in the e-bike market.
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Right fielder Wilyer Abreu raced home, tying the game at 4-4.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of raced
Verb
  • Joe and Julius hurried ahead and instantly found a blood trail.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
  • RockHounds players and training staff hurried to tend to Lasko, and Taylor dropped to one knee near the warning track.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of hurried
Verb
  • Joe Biden famously trotted across the road shaking hands and kissing babies during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade in 2015.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
  • About 100 yards to the right, a herd of caribou trotted past.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
Definition of trotted
Verb
  • Tribal members drove around in a beat-up Buick flinging matches out the window.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Giant armored bulldozers—now Caterpillar model D9—stabbed their front blades into the ground and drove forward, flipping fields and shaving off orchards.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of drove
Verb
  • The plane stopped, passengers scurried to the terminal and airport employees climbed up on the wings trying to keep the airliner from blowing away.
    — Dan Kelly July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Waterbucks stood tall and stately along the trail and hordes of the little Angola impalas scurried across in front of us.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
Definition of scurried
Verb
  • Mohammad Taj, who travelled to Delhi from neighboring Haryana state, and whose face was badly bruised in the Monday crackdown, said the march heading to parliament had been peaceful.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Coronilla Durán traveled from his hometown of San Luis de la Paz, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, to Atlanta to visit family and friends, according to Isaret Jeffers, founder of Colectivo Arbol, a farmworkers advocacy group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of traveled
Verb
  • Many of them chased cheap labor overseas and evaporated anyway.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Fleck chased after him and pointed the gun at the victim, demanding his cellphone.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of chased

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