jetted

verb

past tense of jet
1
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force water jetting out of opened fire hydrants at a dangerously high rate

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2
as in ejected
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the volcano has been jetting out fiery lava in life-threatening amounts

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3
as in flew
to proceed or move quickly the presidential candidates jetted through the state for a week before racing off to the next primary

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Recent Examples of jetted Lisa and her date soon jetted off to Italy, spending four nights in the country. — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 She and the rest of the cast jetted off to Brazil for a premiere screening there before heading to the Big Apple for a slew of release-week press. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026 Jennifer Lopez jetted off to Paris just one day after her son Max’s high school graduation in Los Angeles. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 11 June 2026 On cruises, Jewel may have a slow morning sipping coffee before heading to the spa, while Alexandre has already jetted off to the ship's activities like the waterslide or bingo. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 9 June 2026 The singer performed her new song at the Toy Story 5 premiere in Los Angeles Tuesday night, then jetted over to New York for the big game. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 June 2026 According to a source who spoke to Page Six, Taylor and Travis jetted off to an undisclosed location shortly after his Super Bowl loss to recoup on a romantic getaway. — Alicia Brunker, InStyle, 3 July 2026 Soon after the ceremony, Kloss, who had a brief falling out then rapprochement with the Grammy winner, jetted to Paris Fashion Week, where a curious paparazzo from gossip page Deux Moi had to inquire. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 In one week of February 2024, Swift attended the Grammys in Los Angeles, jetted to Tokyo for four concerts, then jumped back onto her private plane to make the Super Bowl with time to spare. — ABC News, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetted
  1. poured
  2. ejected
  3. raced
  4. rushed
  5. erupted
  6. traveled
  7. streamed
  8. expelled
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  • Local 150’s president chairs political committees that have poured money into the campaign of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, a likely 2027 mayoral challenger.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Long before venture capital poured money into AI, decades of federal research also helped build the computing and machine-learning advances that made these systems possible.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
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  • San Diego’s manager Craig Stammen and coach Ryan Goins were ejected three pitches into the game after arguing a check-swing call.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Balogun, a star striker who has scored three goals so far in this year’s tournament, received a red card and was ejected from last week’s US game against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul against a defender.
    — Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026
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  • The Speed actor met Hollinger — who raced motorcycles as a child until age 34, eventually launching his own custom-bike building business — in 2009, when Reeves commissioned Hollinger to build a bike for him.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • An islandwide blackout plunged Cuba’s nearly 10 million residents into darkness Monday, exposing a crumbling power grid and dwindling fuel reserves as officials raced to restore electricity.
    — Milexsy Durán, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
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  • She was rushed from her Nashville apartment to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
    — Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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  • Nine months after the revolution, the war between Iran and Iraq erupted in September 1980, lasting eight years and costing more than a million lives.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
  • Spontaneous applause erupted — and even some tears were shed — at the battered parking structure where Gil had been entombed since the two temblors struck within seconds of each other on June 24.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of erupted
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  • The Royals allowed three runs on a baseball that traveled all of 39 feet and made three throwing errors on one play.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • The Kansas City Royals committed three errors on one Carson Benge comebacker in the first inning at Citi Field on Tuesday night, turning a ball that traveled maybe 50 feet into three New York Mets runs.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 8 July 2026
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  • Thousands streamed out of the area, many loading onto MBTA subway and trolley cars.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The sequel outperformed it with 64 million hours streamed in its first three days on the platform, enough to push it to the top of Netflix’s global weekly chart.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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  • Charles scored in the semi-final against Middlesbrough before Tonda Eckert’s side was expelled from contention by the English Football League for attempting to spy on their opponents.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Any college student who supports the organizations will be immediately expelled.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
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