laced (into)

Definition of laced (into)next
past tense of lace (into)

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Verb
  • Officials originally proposed upgrading the city’s largest cricket stadium, The Gabba, to accommodate the Games, though the project’s price tag was heavily criticized.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
  • A number of head coaches leading teams at AFCON 2025 in Morocco have criticized the changes to the tournament’s schedule, arguing that AFCON’s current two-year cycle is ideal for the development of African football and related infrastructure.
    Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Crabtree stopped, turned, attacked the ball and snagged it.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Nelson claimed to police that the man attacked her and their son after opening the car door.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities quickly blamed the residents and threatened to tear down their homes.
    Saumya Roy, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Rather, many Iranians instead blamed the leadership for either provoking the conflict or failing to meaningfully defend the country from Israeli – or American – bombs.
    Kamran Talattof, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • White egrets stood in the shallows, a woodpecker knocked somewhere nearby, and pairs of green parrots flew upstream, beating their wings in time.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • He was eventually knocked free of the vehicle, and suffered significant lacerations that required 33 stitches, the official said.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Jeannot signing was widely panned as an overpayment.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Banks’ defense has panned the government’s case, claiming prosecutors have relied on the testimony of a cooperating witness with a changing story.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Newsom is widely reviled here for cutting back on oil drilling and not prioritizing new reservoirs to store water for thirsty farms.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Stone and Lanthimos have since worked together several times, and their collaboration, a mutual-favoritism society, has been hailed and sometimes reviled for its darkly exuberant sense of risk.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vernikov also assailed Mamdani's revocation of an Adams order that regulated protests at houses of worship.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • DeSantis has continued his call to slash property taxes in the state, a proposal that Democrats have assailed as an unnecessary move that could threaten the delivery of basic local services.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Auditors faulted the state for not having the investigative chops to catch fraud.
    David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Nineteen students and two teachers were killed, and investigations have faulted the police response and suggested that a 77-minute delay in police mounting a counterassault could have contributed to the carnage.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Laced (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laced%20%28into%29. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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