obeyed

past tense of obey

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Recent Examples of obeyed And just like the existence of a black hole’s event horizon results in the creation of Hawking radiation, the existence of a cosmological horizon must also — if the same laws of physics are to be obeyed — create radiation. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 The fans obeyed and there was absolute silence until Putellas’s shot, which ended up too central and was stopped by Hannah Hampton. Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 The software’s orders were often obeyed fearfully, unquestioningly. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 Nooner initially fled on foot, but obeyed police commands to get on the ground and surrender. Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obeyed
Verb
  • Sulfuric aerosols trapped in ice cores suggest that a truly massive volcanic eruption took place in 1809, followed by a succession of smaller eruptions that culminated in the staggering explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That being said, the Consumer Price Index has followed an almost identical trajectory from Q420 to the most recent figures, meaning spending is merely in line with inflation.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The comet is the third space rock ever observed flying into our solar system from interstellar space – after ‘Oumumua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Schwartzman keenly observed the change in technology and its influence on the music industry as an artist.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Obeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obeyed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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