panged

past tense of pang

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for panged
Verb
  • Chest aches, fevers, debilitating headaches and chills pained 15-year-old Sufiya Syed for more than a year before doctors finally diagnosed her two months ago.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Aggrieved and pained, Mary returns from the grave to exact revenge on anyone who steps inside her family home.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This ultimately hurts the American people, the people who pay their salaries.
    Nicole Russell, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But the sale also diminishes some hopes that Berkshire would buy Oxy in its entirety, potentially hurting the stock.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last year’s finals loss stung because the Lynx came so close.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Congressional Democrats feel stung by the mass layoffs and program cuts that followed the last stopgap spending deal in March.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Mark Sanchez was stabbed in an incident in downtown Indianapolis early Saturday morning, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, and he was later arrested on Saturday evening for his role in the incident.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez has been hospitalized after he was reportedly stabbed on Friday night in Indianapolis.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Others wrung riches from the network; Berners-Lee assumed the mantle of moral authority, fighting to safeguard the web’s openness and promote equitable access.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But after logging three and half miles through Miami one sweltering evening this week, members wrung out sweaty shirts, chugged ice water and welcomed a soaking rain shower at the finish line.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But courts were overwhelmed by a flood of asylum seekers—a long-standing systemic shortage exacerbated by Biden’s inclusive policies.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And the first-half performance in Seville, as Postecoglou’s side overwhelmed a very strong Real Betis, was enough to prompt a huge sense of positivity.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At some point, the glass negative cracked, and a thin black lightning strike of a line smote General Terry in the chest.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hamas has terrorized the Israeli people and oppressed the people of Gaza, causing horrific suffering.
    Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • This first in a duology takes place in Mexico in the 1500s, where the conquistadors have invaded and oppressed the native people.
    Lia Amador, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Panged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panged. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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