PANGED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

panged

verb

past tense of pang

as in pained

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Adelman was pained by his Kings exit.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
The emotions ran raw, Grace told Hannity, but other aspects of the case pained her, too.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026

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Two people, including a 13-year-old boy, were seriously hurt following a small plane crash on Wednesday in West Michigan, according to Michigan State Police.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Kirk made a point to fill his mis en scene with anachronistic technology items like old tape recorders and pay phones — and having access to all of Green Day’s music certainly didn’t hurt.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

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His parents were fatally stabbed in their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood in December.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026
An Australian teen was stabbed repeatedly in an apparently largely unprovoked attack early Monday morning inside a McDonald's in New York City, police sources said.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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On the other hand, detective Paul Johnson, who wrung out false confessions from the four boys, never expresses any remorse.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
With the 2024 election firmly in the rearview, the feverish hunt to weaponize the manosphere for political gain has largely subsided—what more could be wrung from the Tates at this stage?

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026

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The deluge stranded thousands at Soga Station and Narita Airport during Japan’s busy Bon holiday week, exposing sewer systems overwhelmed by rapid urbanization and prompting emergency evacuations and shelters across Chiba.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Despite this multi-layered surveillance system, Tuesday’s massive influx overwhelmed the filtration hardware, forcing operators to bring the reactors offline once again to safeguard the facilities.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

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And women, being oppressed in that way in that realm, have been able nonetheless to engage with the more emotional maturity.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
Man oppressed woman legally, economically, socially, educationally, morally, professionally and religiously.

— Brian DeLay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

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