Thesaurus results for PLUCKED

plucked

verb

past tense of pluck

as in squeezed

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible

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Recent Examples of plucked He was plucked out of retirement to take on the demanding role of helping in the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026 Doubs plucked the ball over Gonzalez, who had successfully backed him near the boundary but couldn’t box out the 6-foot-2 receiver entirely. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 The bass player plucked each of his instrument’s four strings, one at a time, while turning the corresponding tuning pegs. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026 After forming a yellow pool in the river, the ducks floated for around 15 minutes before a winner and runner-up were plucked from the water. — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 In the 35th minute of their second match, against Egypt, Temwa plucked a high ball out of the air, spun around a defender, and found the feet of fellow phenom Rose Kadzere. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026 The spa The on-site spa could never be a flashy, luxury spa plucked from any random resort. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 Echoing his sentiment, Hinata’s hiking trails are full of nature scenes practically plucked from a storybook. — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 Mette Brink Søberg, the head of research and development, delicately topped a berry gazpacho dish with colorful flower petals, recently plucked from the nearby garden, in the test kitchen. — James Brooks, Fortune, 30 July 2026

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Silver is now in its fifth straight year of structural deficit, squeezed by solar, electric vehicles, and the hardware powering AI.

— Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Affordability does not improve when Washington adds trillions to the debt while working families are still getting squeezed.

— Terry Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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Hate crime charges have been filed against a man who disrupted Shabbat services in Manhattan's Central Synagogue and struck two people while being hustled outside Friday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Hong’s early capture of the data-center issue, which was not especially ideological, is a good example of how consistently the Party’s much larger traditional wing has been out-hustled.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hustled

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Not to be cheated in front of the largest assembly of Hall of Famers since the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, Schwarber flew out twice to deep center field.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Bo told Lu that if the audit produced evidence that he had been cheated, Wang should go to prison.

— Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheated

Verb

The hardest physical part was actually taking down the old blinds, which had been screwed tightly into the window frame years prior.

— Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
But the war needs to end because every day that the war continues, America gets weaker, Iran gets stronger, and people here in the United States get screwed, as prices go up, and up and up.

— NBC news, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of screwed

Verb

Exports were the main driver of growth, with shipments from the country beating expectations for all three months of the quarter.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Bruno Damiani scored his first two goals of the season, 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan had two assists and the Philadelphia Union rallied from two goals down to beat New York City FC 3-2 on Sunday night at Yankee Stadium.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

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