nighed

past tense of nigh

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nighed
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • So when Patel approached the podium on Friday the stakes were obviously high.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.
    Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But, as time drew on, Cola grew in confidence and learned how to adapt to life on two legs.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The following pivot to event curation happened organically, and drew on everything Zadeh had learned about luxury positioning and brand storytelling.
    Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Progressive former Congressional candidate Josh Weil briefly entered the Senate race earlier this year, but has since dropped out, citing health reasons.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Nepali Army had also been called in to back up security forces after protesters entered restricted zones and the Parliament premises.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Indeed, Walt Disney himself came up with the idea for Disneyland during a visit to Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This Einsteinian dismissal would later be reversed, but only after much more evidence poured in, and after many others came up, independently, with the same ideas that Lemaître put forth in his letter to Einstein.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, has closed an oversubscribed Series B investment round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, the league announced.
    Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The university said the campus is closed and classes are canceled until Monday.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Freedom Tower was closed in 2023 to begin the undertaking of the property, which is designated a National Historic Landmark.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • On third-and-2 at the CU 20, the Buffs QB hurried left with seemingly the entire Houston defense in pursuit, spotted Omarion Miller just past the line of scrimmage, and shoveled him the ball before the red jerseys closed in.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Nighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nighed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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