mounted

past tense of mount
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Recent Examples of mounted Aurelius Systems recently mounted its Archimedes autonomous laser weapon on an American Rheinmetall unmanned ground vehicle at AUSA 2026. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 Problems soon mounted, Beskrestnov said, with communication outages on top of the speed restriction, most likely caused by the new limits. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Seattle mounted a fierce fourth-quarter comeback, pulling within 14-11 on a George Holani touchdown and a two-point conversion pass from Darnold to Rashid Shaheed. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Screenplay Films, which unveiled the trailer on Friday, is billing the feature as the largest zombie production Indonesia has ever mounted. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 The American tech titan's SpaceX company overnight imposed a speed limit on Ukraine's Starlink terminals mounted on drones, Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Zelenskyy, said on social media. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 OpenAI’s report on influence campaigns mounted using its technology also described a cluster of ChatGPT accounts in Russia that were banned after they were used to operate what appeared to be a fake think tank in Latin America. — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Since the start of the war in Ukraine almost five years ago, Russia has mounted ever more aggressive attacks in Europe, far from the battlefield. — Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 France’s challenges mounted as concerns over its ballooning debt weighed on economic activity and reverberated across Europe. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounted
Verb
  • She's increased the amount of people in the league office which has helped the overall growth of the WNBA.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Containment on the Bryson fire, which has scorched 147 acres near Encinal Canyon Road since igniting on Thursday, increased to 52% Saturday morning.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan offered an example of how higher oil prices could make voyages through Hormuz commercially worthwhile despite the dangers.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The shop says Molly is a fixture and offered her other options.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Union have climbed from last place in the Eastern Conference at the World Cup break to sixth under interim coach Ryan Richter, who took over after Bradley Carnell was let go.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The hikers climbed out of the gulch with help from authorities, according to authorities.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • His family, like many Lebanese Jews, left as anti-Jewish sentiment rose after the 1967 war between Israel and Arab countries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Then mines started to close and unemployment rose, and its owner, an elderly Italian named Netta Cavalli, was beaten in her shop and died soon after.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Having presented what seemed to be a solid alibi, Archer won and was awarded £500,000 in damages.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Over the past month, college football commissioners have been dissecting what the financial terms would look like once ESPN presented its final offer for the next iteration of the postseason tournament to crown a national champion.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • When Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952, McCartney was just 10 years old.
    — Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Each ascended to become East’s head football coach, and spent entire careers as teachers there.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The ranks of the protesters have also swelled to include some more opportunistic looters and agitators.
    — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Piper Sandler’s annual teen survey — polling 9,000 teens across 47 states — shows overall beauty spend swelled 7 percent this year, with growth across all key categories, including cosmetics, skin care, hair and fragrance.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The starting five that carried Atlanta to the playoffs last season — Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson, CJ McCollum and Onyeka Okongwu — returns.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Mounted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounted. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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