HIKED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

hiked

verb

past tense of hike

as in strolled

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure she hiked along the trail around the pond

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as in lifted

to move from a lower to a higher place or position with a determined look, he hiked his trousers up and buckled down to work

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Recent Examples of hiked Nicole Inui, the bank’s head of equity strategy for the Americas, hiked her year-end S & P 500 target to 8,100 from 7,650. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026 So his father rented a satellite phone for him, and Bond and his dog hiked it, all alone, clearing almost 30 miles per day. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The festival, with a capacity of 80,000 people, also was hit with mud and rain in 2023 as many attendees were trapped on its grounds, where vehicle traffic was temporarily limited and some hiked in the mud to nearby towns. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026 Trump has also hiked tariffs, which are taxes on imports, to try to raise revenue. — Josh Boak, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 But as part of the new plan, SpaceX has also hiked up the rate for Ocean Mode to $6 per GB, up from $2 per GB. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026 At the same time, bond yields are up sharply since the Covid pandemic after central banks hiked rates aggressively in 2022 to combat surging inflation. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 Last week, the BOK hiked its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3%. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and YouTube Premium also hiked prices earlier this year. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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Braun strolled alongside Sweeney in a pair of beige suede boat shoes.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026
Once the final paddle was raised, the crowd strolled over to the President’s Suite in Arthur Ashe Stadium for dessert, Honey Deuces, and a front row seat to the nail-biting Djokovic-Navone match.

— Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of strolled

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During championship weekend, when Venus Williams and Lleyton Hewitt lifted the singles trophies, Maycen and Morehouse played against each other in mixed doubles at Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club in Branford, Conn.

— Lukas Weese, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
But that ruling was lifted by the Supreme Court in a procedural decision that did not determine whether the plan was constitutional.

— NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

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Rangers closer Jacon Latz (3-2) then intentionally walked Yandy Diaz before Aranda homered into the home bullpen beyond right field.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
Juan Soto was intentionally walked to get to Bichette, who smashed an 0-1 slider 412 feet to left-center field for the go-ahead blast.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of walked

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Lomonaco and the restaurant’s owners formed Windows of Hope, a charitable foundation that raised more than $22 million to pay for healthcare and tuition costs for the children of the victims.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Home built in phases A larger house came after the cabin, where Roebbelen and his wife, Kimberly, raised their three children.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of raised

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Talley then wandered out of the media center, looking down at her phone and trying to find her friends.

— Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
One of the earliest deaths came in 1926, when a 3-year-old wandered from his home on Narragansett Avenue and fell to his demise.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of wandered

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What remains disputed is whether those beliefs motivated the Tate-LaBianca murders or whether, as Berlinger argues, prosecutors elevated them into the central theory of their case.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
This El Niño event has taken hold at a time when sea surface temperatures in the Pacific were already significantly elevated.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

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